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dc.contributor.authorBaran, Harry Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-19T19:04:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:34:37Z
dc.date.available2015-10-19T19:04:35Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:34:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/947
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this project was to develop a Flash based physical simulation to examine if simulations benefit deaf students and to identify the benefits to deaf students after using it. It was also done to determine if deaf students benefited more from the simulation when used in a teacher-centered class or more when used in a student-centered class. The study suggests that deaf students benefit from simulations and that the benefit is they make learning abstract concepts easier for deaf students to understand when they are coherent, engaging, welcoming, serve the students’ purpose for using them, and are responsive to the students’ needs and ways he/she does things. The findings also indicate the benefits deaf students gain from using simulations depends on how the teacher uses it in class. This study found that the most appropriate and beneficial use of simulations for deaf students is using them in a teacher-centered class to supplement instruction taught directly by the teacher and not in a student-centered class by student self-instruction. A Flash-based physical simulation was created using information about photosynthesis but with dynamic images, video, and animations simulating the parts of photosynthesis, the process of photosynthesis, and the importance of photosynthesis. The principles of Human-Centered Design Theory were used as a guide to analyze the simulation. Research was further calculated by comparing scores on written tests given to students in the teacher-centered classroom and student-centered classroom as well as surveys, and interviews to further discuss the simulation and reaction students had to it.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDr. Russell Kahn, adviser ; Dr. Kathryn Stam, adviseren_US
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dc.subjectdeaf studentsen_US
dc.subjectFlashen_US
dc.subjectsimulationsen_US
dc.subjectdynamic mediaen_US
dc.subjectphotosynthesisen_US
dc.subjectpedagogyen_US
dc.subjectstudent-centered learningen_US
dc.titleFlash-Based Physical Simulation in Deaf Education Dynamic Media VS. Static Mediaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:34:37Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Polytechnic Institute


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