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Developing phonological and reading tests for children within - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Developing phonological and reading tests for children within - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Developing phonological and reading tests for children within Gaelic medium education Fiona Lyon & Sarah MacQuarrie. ASN & SLT in Gaelic Medium Education. University of Edinburgh June 2014 About us / About our research practice
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Overview
- Consider how language skills are assessed in
GME and explore teachers’ perceptions
- Phonological screening test for use with children
in Gaelic medium education
- Current research - that aims to develop a
reading test for children in Gaelic medium education
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Assessment of Language in GME
‘There was a lack of suitable
resources to assess and diagnose the difficulties of pupils whose general and Gaelic learning needs were more challenging.’
HM Inspectorate of Education (2005, p.26)
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Teachers’ perceptions
Teacher Group Number of Responses Head 5 (11%) Depute head 2 (4%) Principal 7 (16%) Classroom 28 (62%) Support for Learning 3 (7%) Total 45
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Teachers’ perceptions
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Teachers’ perceptions
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Teachers’ perceptions
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Gaelic Phonological Screening Test
Why a test of phonological skills?
- Strong indicator of future reading
ability
- Tool for teachers to use
- Supports parental engagement
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Gaelic Phonological Screening Test
- Syllable blending
- Phoneme blending
- Initial phoneme
deletion
- Final phoneme
deletion
- Polysyllabic repetition
- Letter knowledge
- Rhyme detection
- Rhyme production
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Test Development
- Audit of 22 screening tests of Ph. Aw.
- Analysis of 21 subtests
- Gaelic Screening Test devised
- Pilot in 2 schools – 37 pupils
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Test Research
- Main Study -11 authorities 86%
participation
- 48 schools - 80% return
- 368 pupils from Primary 2 /3 - 60% of pop.
- 45 questionnaires returned – 91%
- 18 interviews – 39%volunteered
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Test Analysis
- Internal consistency
- Reliability coefficients all greater or equal to 0.7.
- Construct validity
- Inter-correlating all subtest scores. Strong
correlations between 6 of the subtests and medium correlations between the rest.
- Factor Analysis
- Phoneme deletion, phoneme blending and letter
knowledge explained 41%
- Rhyme detection and production explained 13%.
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Gaelic Phonological Screening Test
- Published in
2012
- Standardised
scores
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75 50 25
RHT RPT SBT PHBT IPHDT FPHDT PRT LK
Gaelic Phonological Screening Test
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Gaelic Phonological Screening Test
- Published in
2012
- Standardised
scores
- Support
manual
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Measures of Reading
Next phase of our research looks at reading Diverse range of tests that assess reading
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Current reseach
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Next Steps
Evaluation of reading passages Teacher Involvement Continuation of trials
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Relevant publications
Lyon, F.M., & MacQuarrie, S. (2014). Assessment of reading skills in Gaelic medium education: Exploring teachers’ perceptions and present
- practice. Educational & Child Psychology, 31(2).
Lyon, F.M. (2013) Early Intervention in Gaelic-medium Education. Proceedings of the Scottish Gaelic Studies Conference, Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 6, 23-26 August 2010, Aberdeen University. Lyon, F. M. (2012) Gaelic Phonological Screening Test / Deuchainn Fuaimneachadh Gaidhlig. GL Assessment. Lyon, F. M. (2012) Early Intervention in Gaelic-medium Education. Scottish Languages Review Issue 24(1) pp13-24.
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