Assessment of Language Development of Preschoolers: Validating Morrow's Checklist for Assessing Early Literacy Development

Autor/inn/en	Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching; Lam, Hazel Mei Yung
Titel	Assessment of Language Development of Preschoolers: Validating Morrow's Checklist for Assessing Early Literacy Development
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 181 (2011) 2, S.203-220 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Reading Attitudes; Check Lists; Construct Validity; Preschool Children; Rating Scales; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Emergent Literacy; Language Proficiency; Language Acquisition; Kindergarten; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Checkliste; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Rating-Skala; Ausland; Messdaten; Frühleseunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Hongkong
Abstract	This study aimed to establish the validity of the Language Development Rating Scale and the Attitudes toward Reading and Voluntary Reading Behaviour Rating Scale in Morrow's Checklist for Assessing Early Literacy Development for use with preschool children in Hong Kong. The sample comprised 2619 preschool children aged three-five years who were currently enrolled in preschool levels K1-K3 in Hong Kong. Analysis showed that the two scales had strong construct validity and internal consistency, and that both fit well to the Rasch model. Nevertheless, findings of the Rasch analysis suggested that the level of the Language Development Scale did not align well with the language proficiency of kindergarten children in the sample who were more proficient than the proficiency levels demanded by the items in the scale. The results suggested such further refinement such as the inclusion of more advanced items may be necessary for valid local applications. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10