Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids
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Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee, USA

Biography

Kimberly A. Wolbers is a Professor of the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at the University of Tennessee. She earned her PhD from Michigan State University in 2007 with a focus in special education and literacy. Her research has focused on the design and implementation of writing and language instruction for deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. She has conceptualized an approach called Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI), which aims to be responsive to the varied language needs of deaf learners.  
 

Publications

• Research   
  The Relationship between Elementary Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students’ Writing Performance and Writing Motivation
  Author(s): Kimberly A Wolbers*, Hannah M Dostal, Kelsey Holton, Joan Weir and Alaa Alsabei
  
  This study is in response to the lack of research that exists related to the role of motivation in the writing development and achievement of deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) students. We investigated whether demographic and language variables were associated with writing motivation among 76 third through fifth grade d/hh elementary students, and whether motivation for personal narrative, information report and persuasive writing was related to writing performance in the same genres. Demographic variables such as gender, age, and hearing level, and the language variable of American Sign Language receptive skills, did not show an association with writing motivation measured by the Situated Writing Activity and Motivation Scale. Knowledge of English, however, showed a weak to moderate positive correlation with motivation. In a simple linear regression model, English was a statistically s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-4427.19.7.193

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