Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay

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-e...

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Main Authors: Julia Ai Cheng, Lee, Seung Jin, Lee, Puay Hoon, Ong, Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin, Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
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https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.4469.2022
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spelling my.unimas.ir.388772022-07-14T03:07:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38877/ Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay Julia Ai Cheng, Lee Seung Jin, Lee Puay Hoon, Ong Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff HM Sociology QP Physiology 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. UNIMAS Publisher 2022-03-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38877/1/percentile%20norms1.pdf Julia Ai Cheng, 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. https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/4469 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.4469.2022
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topic HM Sociology
QP Physiology
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QP Physiology
Julia Ai Cheng, Lee
Seung Jin, Lee
Puay Hoon, Ong
Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
description 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.
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author Julia Ai Cheng, Lee
Seung Jin, Lee
Puay Hoon, Ong
Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
author_facet Julia Ai Cheng, Lee
Seung Jin, Lee
Puay Hoon, Ong
Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
author_sort Julia Ai Cheng, Lee
title Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
title_short Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
title_full Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
title_fullStr Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
title_full_unstemmed Percentile Norms for an Early Reading Assessment in Malay
title_sort percentile norms for an early reading assessment in malay
publisher UNIMAS Publisher
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38877/1/percentile%20norms1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38877/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/4469
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.4469.2022
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