Tests Screening Reading Difficulty in Malayalam among Upper Primary School Boys

Autor/in	Gafoor, K. Abdul
Titel	Tests Screening Reading Difficulty in Malayalam among Upper Primary School Boys
Quelle	2 (2014) 1, S.271-282 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2320-9038
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Dravidian Languages; Screening Tests; Reading Tests; Reading Difficulties; Males; Middle School Students; Statistical Analysis; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Cutting Scores; Alphabets; Pronunciation; Reading Fluency; Phonemes; Suprasegmentals; Word Recognition; Oral Reading; Listening Comprehension; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Screening-Verfahren; Lesetest; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Statistische Analyse; Prädiktor; Buchstabenschrift; Aussprache; Fonem; Worterkennung; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Hörverständnis; Indien
Abstract	Design of a screening test for identifying reading difficult students in Malayalam and validation thereof among boys is made to help schools proactively intervene with such students. A battery of tests developed based on extant literature on screening tests, reviewed difficulties in reading Malayalam, and discrimination power of the draft tests is used. 98 Reading Difficult and 327 Normal Readers in grade 5 to 7 were identified with fourfold criterion. Scored by cut-points, the battery of tests on letter pronunciation, letter sound recognition, initial sound fluency, word recognition, phoneme segmentation, word fluency, oral reading, and hearing comprehension significantly screen upper primary reading difficult boys with around 90% sensitivity and specificity (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01