Assessing Performance Level of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Expressive Writing Skills in Jordan and its Relation to Some Variables

Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to assess
expressive writing skills among deaf and hard of hearing students.
The sample of the study consisted of 172 students enrolled at schools
for deaf children in Jordan. An expressive writing skills test was
developed and used in assessing spontaneous writing of students. The
reliability and validity of the test were established. The researcher
used the t-test and ANOVA to answer the research questions. The
results indicated that the deaf and hard of hearing students had poor
expressive writing skills in general. Additionally, findings revealed
that students at grade seven had better expressive writing skills than
students at lower grades. Also, the results showed that students who
had a hearing loss of 90 dB or above had better expressive writing
skills than other students on the dimensions of content and
vocabulary. Differences between mean scores of students who used
sign language and total communication were in favor of students who
used sign language. The study recommended adding expressive
writing skills to these students' curricula