Predicting The Academic Success of The Deaf and Hard of Hearing University Students: A Multilevel Analysis

dc.contributor.advisorSchwartz, Ilene
dc.contributor.advisorHudson, Roxanne
dc.contributor.authorZaino, Zeyad
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T08:03:15Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T08:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-18
dc.description.abstractSecond Language (L2) learners and Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Deaf/HH) students share some commonalities. Both groups are required to obtain a minimum score on Language Proficiency Tests (LPT) to gain acceptance into university level institutions. However, even with accommodations, language proficiency testing becomes more complicated for Deaf/HH students because LPTs were created for hearing people and there is no specific test for Deaf/HH individuals. In Arabic countries, the only LPT for Deaf/HH students is at King Saud University (KSU). This dissertation used multilevel logistic modeling to 1) investigate whether the LPT uniquely predicted academic success for Deaf/HH students at KSU after controlling for individual characteristics, and 2) to Evaluate certain the student characteristics that moderate the relationship between the LPT and passing the Qualifying Year Program (QYP). A total of 619 Deaf/HH students participated in the study across 12 regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results indicated that, within region, the LPT scores significantly predicted the likelihood of passing the QYP. However, LPT was not significantly predictive of the likelihood of passing the QYP in the aggregate, region level. The results also showed that students who were female, HH, and had higher high school GPAs were more likely to pass the QYP. The current context for Deaf/HH students in Arabic universities, including assessment protocols and test shortcomings along with the results of the analysis, are discussed.
dc.format.extent100
dc.identifier.citationZaino, Zeyad. (2023). Predicting The Academic Success of The Deaf and Hard of Hearing University Students: A Multilevel Analysis. University of Washington
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/69002
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSaudi Digital Library
dc.subjectDeaf and Hard of Hearing
dc.subjectAcademic success
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.subjectLanguage test
dc.subjectMultilevel analysis
dc.titlePredicting The Academic Success of The Deaf and Hard of Hearing University Students: A Multilevel Analysis
dc.typeThesis
sdl.degree.departmentEducation
sdl.degree.disciplineSpecial Education
sdl.degree.grantorUniversity of Washington
sdl.degree.nameDoctor of Philosoghy

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