期刊名称：International Online Journal of Educational Sciences
电子版ISSN：1309-2707
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：471-480
出版社：IOJES
摘要：Design of a screening test for identifying students with writing difficulty in Malayalam and validation thereof among upper primary students of Kerala is made to help schools to understand factors leading to such difficulty and to intervene with such students. A battery of tests was developed based on extant literature on screening tests, reviewed difficulties in writing Malayalam, and discrimination power of the draft tests. 135 students identified as writing difficult and 476 students normal on writing in grade 5 to 7 were identified with clear criteria. Scored by cut-points, the battery of tests comprising tasks on ordering words by vowels or consonants, spelling (identification), choosing signs and glides, combining words correctly (phonology), vocabulary (picture), using appropriate one word (morphology), dictation and story development significantly screen upper primary writing difficult students with around 90percent sensitivity and specificity.
关键词：Screening Test; Language Difficulty; Writing Attainment; Spelling; Dictation
