Development and Standardization of Parallel Forms of a Syllabication Skills Test.

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• DOCUMENT RESUME 1
• ED 132 508 1
• CS 003 063 1
• AUTHOR Geis Lynna a Syllabication Skills Test. 1
• TITLE NOTE 1
• EDRS PRICE MF-0.83 HC-1.67 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS 1
• Criterion Referenced Tests Higher Education Reading Research Reading Skills Reading Tests Syllables Test Constructionr-Test Reliability Test Validity Undergraduate Students 1
• ABSTRACT 1
• Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless items of marginal 1
• ABST 3
• DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF PARALLEL FORMS 4
• ImplIcit in moat of the recommendationsfor teaching reading 4
• Reading authorities have written of the necessity of the 4
• Schnepf and Meyer 1971 attested to the importance of com- 4
• Spache and Spache 1969 considered syllabication 4
• The importance associated with the development of word analy- 4
• Many of the current generation of college stu- 5
• The primary reason for emphasizing teachers proficiency in 5
• These tests were designed to evaluate the individual 5
• Constructionf theTesta 5
• A single consonant usually goes with the vowel which 6
• A single consonant appearing between two vowels usually 6
• No syllabic division should be made between consonants 6
• The syllabic division of two consonants which are 6
• The suffix -ed if immediately preceded by the letter 6
• A word ending in le when the le is preceded by a con- 6
• Content validity involved essentially the systematic exam- 6
• The Kuder-Richardson internal consistency formula number 7
• This gave an indication of the extent to which indi- 7
• Means standarddeviations and standard errors o- measurement 7
• Directions were written to be given to the course instructors 8
• Two pilot studies were conducted for analysis and revision 8
• The pilot studies provided a check on the time 8
• A purposeful non-random sampling procedure was used for 8
• Fourteen public and private colleges and universities 8
• Tests were administered to students in twenty- 8
• Conclusions from the examination of the results of the data 10
• A valid and reliable measuring ins rument was developed 10
• Form A or B of the S llabication Skills Test can be 10
• Judges in the field of reading considered the tests to 10
• Parallel forms of the SyllabicationSkillsTest were 10
• Charles E. Merrill Publishing 11
• ALTERNATE FORM IMMEDIATE RELIABILITY COEFFICIENTS OF 12
• OF THE SYLLABICATION SKILLS TESTS 13