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Conference Paper: Reading-related behavioral characteristics as predictor of reading difficulties of Chinese adults: The use of adult behavior checklist for reading and writing in Hong Kong
| Title | Reading-related behavioral characteristics as predictor of reading difficulties of Chinese adults: The use of adult behavior checklist for reading and writing in Hong Kong |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2007 |
| Publisher | Society for the Scientific Study of Reading |
| Citation | The 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR 2007), Prague, Czech Republic, 12-14 July 2007. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | The present study examined the behavioral characteristics that would predict the reading level of Chinese adults. A confirmatory factor analysis based on the ratings of 3798 adults confirmed the proposed twenty-two reading-related behavioral characteristics of six dimensions (reading, writing, organization, memory, arithmetic and oral language). In a separate sample of 234 adults who did the reading and writing assessment, regression analysis showed that mean scores of the behavioral characteristics significantly predicted the literacy skill of the participants after controlling for age, education level and intelligence. Each item score and the mean score of the behavioral checklist were also able to differentiate adults with reading difficulties from those with average reading-level. Results indicated a sensitivity and a specificity of 75.7% and 75.6% respectively, at a cutoff score of 2.4 out of the total score of 5. |
| Description | Interactive Paper |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/109987 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Leung, KNK | en_HK |
| dc.contributor.author | Ho, CSH | en_HK |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-26T01:46:18Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2010-09-26T01:46:18Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_HK |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR 2007), Prague, Czech Republic, 12-14 July 2007. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/109987 | - |
| dc.description | Interactive Paper | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study examined the behavioral characteristics that would predict the reading level of Chinese adults. A confirmatory factor analysis based on the ratings of 3798 adults confirmed the proposed twenty-two reading-related behavioral characteristics of six dimensions (reading, writing, organization, memory, arithmetic and oral language). In a separate sample of 234 adults who did the reading and writing assessment, regression analysis showed that mean scores of the behavioral characteristics significantly predicted the literacy skill of the participants after controlling for age, education level and intelligence. Each item score and the mean score of the behavioral checklist were also able to differentiate adults with reading difficulties from those with average reading-level. Results indicated a sensitivity and a specificity of 75.7% and 75.6% respectively, at a cutoff score of 2.4 out of the total score of 5. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_HK |
| dc.publisher | Society for the Scientific Study of Reading | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, SSSR 2007 | en_HK |
| dc.title | Reading-related behavioral characteristics as predictor of reading difficulties of Chinese adults: The use of adult behavior checklist for reading and writing in Hong Kong | en_HK |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_HK |
| dc.identifier.email | Ho, CSH: shhoc@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
| dc.identifier.authority | Ho, CSH=rp00631 | en_HK |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 132551 | en_HK |