The American Sign Language Comprehension Test (ASL-CT) is a 30-item multiple-choice test that mea... more The American Sign Language Comprehension Test (ASL-CT) is a 30-item multiple-choice test that measures ASL receptive skills and is administered through a website. This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the test based on a sample of 80 college students including deaf native signers, hearing native signers, deaf non-native signers, and hearing ASL students. The results revealed that the ASL-CT has good internal reliability (α = 0.834). Discriminant validity was established by demonstrating that deaf native signers performed significantly better than deaf non-native signers and hearing native signers. Concurrent validity was established by demonstrating that test results positively correlated with another measure of ASL ability (r = .715) and that hearing ASL students' performance positively correlated with the level of ASL courses they were taking (r = .726). Researchers can use the ASL-CT to characterize an individual's ASL comprehension skills, to establish a minimal skill level as an inclusion criterion for a study, to group study participants by ASL skill (e.g., proficient vs. nonproficient), or to provide a measure of ASL skill as a dependent variable.
Locative relationships in ASL: The development of polycomponential predicates in deaf children Br... more Locative relationships in ASL: The development of polycomponential predicates in deaf children Brenda Schick, Ann Marie Baer & Kim Brown Kurz University of Colorado Nancy Bridenbaugh University of Hawaii Debbie Golos University of Colorado Classifiers are complex morphological structures, perhaps more appropriately called polycomponential verbs, that occur in most if not all sign languages. Although they are an essential component of adult language, we have an incomplete understanding about how children acquire these morphologically complex forms. Previous research indicates that these forms may have an extended developmental time period, most likely due to the complex array of meanings and forms that constitute the classifier system, as well as the subtle rules for combining components. Therefore, they are an excellent candidate when looking for developmental benchmarks in sign language, particularly during the school-age years when educational programs need to document language sk...
... Brown Kurz, Lorraine Lander, Donald Doni LaRock, Mary Darragh MacLean, Marc Marschark, Bets... more ... Brown Kurz, Lorraine Lander, Donald Doni LaRock, Mary Darragh MacLean, Marc Marschark, Betsy McDonald, Tom McElroy, Christine Monikowski, Maureen Moose, William Kip Opperman, Rico Peterson, Mary Jo Porter, Beth Prevor, John Rosicky, Jennie Sabo, Linda Siple ...
The American Sign Language Comprehension Test (ASL-CT) is a 30-item multiple-choice test that mea... more The American Sign Language Comprehension Test (ASL-CT) is a 30-item multiple-choice test that measures ASL receptive skills and is administered through a website. This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the test based on a sample of 80 college students including deaf native signers, hearing native signers, deaf non-native signers, and hearing ASL students. The results revealed that the ASL-CT has good internal reliability (α = 0.834). Discriminant validity was established by demonstrating that deaf native signers performed significantly better than deaf non-native signers and hearing native signers. Concurrent validity was established by demonstrating that test results positively correlated with another measure of ASL ability (r = .715) and that hearing ASL students' performance positively correlated with the level of ASL courses they were taking (r = .726). Researchers can use the ASL-CT to characterize an individual's ASL comprehension skills, to establish a minimal skill level as an inclusion criterion for a study, to group study participants by ASL skill (e.g., proficient vs. nonproficient), or to provide a measure of ASL skill as a dependent variable.
Locative relationships in ASL: The development of polycomponential predicates in deaf children Br... more Locative relationships in ASL: The development of polycomponential predicates in deaf children Brenda Schick, Ann Marie Baer & Kim Brown Kurz University of Colorado Nancy Bridenbaugh University of Hawaii Debbie Golos University of Colorado Classifiers are complex morphological structures, perhaps more appropriately called polycomponential verbs, that occur in most if not all sign languages. Although they are an essential component of adult language, we have an incomplete understanding about how children acquire these morphologically complex forms. Previous research indicates that these forms may have an extended developmental time period, most likely due to the complex array of meanings and forms that constitute the classifier system, as well as the subtle rules for combining components. Therefore, they are an excellent candidate when looking for developmental benchmarks in sign language, particularly during the school-age years when educational programs need to document language sk...
... Brown Kurz, Lorraine Lander, Donald Doni LaRock, Mary Darragh MacLean, Marc Marschark, Bets... more ... Brown Kurz, Lorraine Lander, Donald Doni LaRock, Mary Darragh MacLean, Marc Marschark, Betsy McDonald, Tom McElroy, Christine Monikowski, Maureen Moose, William Kip Opperman, Rico Peterson, Mary Jo Porter, Beth Prevor, John Rosicky, Jennie Sabo, Linda Siple ...
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