UCSD Education Studies
MA THESES
Teaching and Learning: Bilingual Education (ASL-English)


Year Last Name First Name Title
2000 Martin Sara Thinking About Language: An ASL Wall Curriculum
2000 Vrbancic Michelle Reading Math: Making Connections Between Math and Language
2001 Grisham Darah Literature Circles: Analysis and Appreciation of ASL and English Literature
2001 Hipskind Jennifer Hands, Eyes, and Heart: The Art of Appreciating, Creating, and Analyzing ASL and English Poetry
2001 McArthur April The A-B-C's of StoryING: Explorations of ASL and English Story Elements
2002 Burns Heidi A Meeting of Minds: The Morning Meeting as a Tool for Developing ASL Discourse Competence
2002 Herzig Melissa Creating the Narrative Stories: The Development of the Students' ASL and English Literacy Skills
2002 Nolan Farrah Earth to Language: Building a Bridge to Academic Language in the Deaf Elementary Education Classroom
2002 Perez Elizabeth Learning to Write Together: Writer's Workshop for Deaf Children in the Primary Grades
2003 White Adrienne The Learning is on the Wall: Interactive Wall Spaces that Promote Literacy in ASL and English
2003 Wissler Kari Literature Comes Alive: Reader's Theater used as a Strategy to Improve Motivation
2004 Baldwin Kelly Embracing Culture & Diversity Through Fables in English and ASL
2004 Burchiel Amy Deaf Students Self-Empowerment Through the American Revolution: Using Critical Analysis of Historical and Current Events to Shape the Future
2004 Harris Wendy Reading Art: Using Visual Texts to Build Deaf Students' Understanding of Plot, Character and Setting
2004 Mann Summer Beyond the Book: Improving Number Sense at Home and in the Classroom
2004 Sheneman Naomi Finding Linguistic Equivalencies Between ASL and English: Unlocking Reading Comprehension
2004 Valencia Scarlett Honey From English to ASL and Back: Enhancing Code Switching Abilities Between English and ASL for Literacy Development
2005 Zernovoj Alexander Telling, Writing, and Reading Number Tales in ASL and English Academic Languages: Acquisition and Maintenence of Mathematical Word Problem Solving Skills
2006 Dixon Molly Illuminating world history: inquiry and social justice curriculum for deaf learners
2006 Harrison Melinda Multiple meanings concepts in ASL and English: developing and expanding deaf students' vocabulary
2006 Lavelle Marina Visual learners: deaf students recapture American immigration through photography
2006 Oleson Erin The art of letting go: keeping ASL and English grammars seperate
2006 Wenzel Elizabeth The age of exploration: deaf students' analysis of the events of colonization