Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay

JULIA, LEE and Seung Jin, Lee and Puay Hoon, Ong and Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin and Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff (2022) Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 8 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2550-1623

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Abstract

The study aimed to develop percentile norms on early reading proficiency among young elementary school children. These percentile norms were derived from a suite of early reading assessments in Malay administered to 866 Primary One (Grade 1 equivalent) school children from multilingual and multi-ethnic backgrounds. During testing, the children (462 males and 404 females) were approximately seven years old. The early reading assessment battery included measures such as letter writing, letter name knowledge, letter name fluency, rapid automatised naming, phonological awareness comprising elision, phonological memory, spelling, word reading accuracy, word reading efficiency, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, vocabulary comprising expressive vocabulary and receptive vocabulary, and listening comprehension. These percentile norms are useful for the early identification and intervention of young children with reading difficulties and reading disabilities from multilingual communities whose languages include Malay, a transparent orthography. The implications of using the norms data for the diagnosis and classification of children with reading difficulties are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: percentile norms, transparent orthography, Malay language, young children, reading difficulties, early reading, assessment battery
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Depositing User: Ai Cheng
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2022 02:22
Last Modified: 08 Apr 2022 02:22
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38260

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