Screening for Chinese children with dyslexia in Hong Kong: The use of the teachers' behaviour checklist

Screening for Chinese children with dyslexia in Hong Kong: The use of the teachers' behaviour checklist

• Chan, David W. Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ho, Connie Suk Han University of Hong Kong
• Tsang, Suk Man Hong Kong SAR Government
• Lee, Suk Han Hong Kong SAR Government
• Chung, Kevin K. H. Hong Kong Institute of Education

Educational Psychology, 24(6), 811-824, 2004

Routledge

2004

• E Special Education
  • EF Education for Speech & Language Impairments

Foreign Countries Elementary School Students Dyslexia Check Lists Student Characteristics Academic Ability Cognitive Ability Literacy Measures (Individuals) Student Behavior

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Primary school teachers rated the frequency of occurrence of 65 reading-related behavioural characteristics in a sample of 251 Grade 1 to Grade 6 Chinese school children in Hong Kong. These behavioural characteristics were in the areas of general performance, reading, dictation, writing, mathematics, language, memory, concentration, sequential ability, motor co-ordination, spatial orientation, and social/emotional adjustment. Of these 12 areas, 10 yielded scale scores that could distinguish children with dyslexia from those without dyslexia, identified on the basis of their performance in five domains of literacy and cognitive skills. Using a summary score derived from the 10 relevant scales, an optimal cut-off score was suggested to arrive at a balance between high sensitivity and an acceptable rate of false positives in screening for children with dyslexia. The need for cross-replication in screening children with dyslexia using the behaviour checklist with different samples of school students is emphasised.
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• English

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• 10.1080/0144341042000271769

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2010-09-27