Title of article :
A Study for Developing the Test of Early Literacy for Turkish Kindergarten Children
Author/Authors :
Kargın, Tevhide Ankara Üniversitesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi - Özel Eğitim Bölümü, Turkey , Ergül, Cevriye Ankara Üniversitesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi - Özel Eğitim Bölümü, Turkey , Büyüköztürk, Şener Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversites - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , Güldenoğlu, Birkan Ankara Üniversitesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi - Özel Eğitim Bölümü, Turkey
Abstract :
This study was planned due to the crucial need for a standardized measure of early literacy with demonstrated validity and reliability for Turkish children. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a standardized measure of early literacy-the Test of Early Literacy (TEL) for kindergarten children and to test its validity and reliability. Participants were 403 kindergarten children selected from several schools located in neighborhoods of different socioeconomic statuses in Ankara. The early literacy skills of children were tested with seven sub-tests of TEL (Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Category Naming, Function Knowledge, Letter Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, and Listening Comprehension). The gathered data was used to analyze the validity and reliability of TEL. In general, the findings suggest that TEL has adequate validity and reliability for evaluating the early literacy skills of Turkish kindergarten children
Keywords :
Early literacy , emergent literacy , kindergarten children , test development , validity and reliability
Journal title :
Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education
Journal title :
Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education
