TY - GEN
T1 - The development of an online reading literacy assessment
AU - Hung, Pi Hsia
AU - Huang, Chi Jung
AU - Yeh, Ya Hsiu
AU - Chang, Kuei Lin
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The purpose of this study is to develop an innovative assessment to explore the characteristics of Taiwanese eighth graders' online reading literacy. The online reading literacy assessment (ORLA) is designed based on PISA's Electronic Reading Assessment Framework which contains three reading processes: retrieving information, interpreting information, and reflecting on and evaluating content of texts. There are 176 eighth graders sampled from three schools in Tainan districts. The results indicate that ORLA is a valid but relatively difficult test for most of eighth graders. The internal consistency Alpha is.65. The correlation coefficient between ORLA and the computerized reading comprehension test (CRCT) is.51. In other words, online reading literacy is reasonably independent from reading comprehension. The tasks of online searching and integrating different sources of information are functioning differently from the conventional reading tasks. The correlation coefficients between ORLA and the school grades of five subjects (English, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, and Chinese) ranged from.36 to.54. The pattern of correlation coefficients demonstrates sensible supporting evidences for the convergent and discriminant validity.
AB - The purpose of this study is to develop an innovative assessment to explore the characteristics of Taiwanese eighth graders' online reading literacy. The online reading literacy assessment (ORLA) is designed based on PISA's Electronic Reading Assessment Framework which contains three reading processes: retrieving information, interpreting information, and reflecting on and evaluating content of texts. There are 176 eighth graders sampled from three schools in Tainan districts. The results indicate that ORLA is a valid but relatively difficult test for most of eighth graders. The internal consistency Alpha is.65. The correlation coefficient between ORLA and the computerized reading comprehension test (CRCT) is.51. In other words, online reading literacy is reasonably independent from reading comprehension. The tasks of online searching and integrating different sources of information are functioning differently from the conventional reading tasks. The correlation coefficients between ORLA and the school grades of five subjects (English, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, and Chinese) ranged from.36 to.54. The pattern of correlation coefficients demonstrates sensible supporting evidences for the convergent and discriminant validity.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.108-111.838
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.108-111.838
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954180176
SN - 0878492690
SN - 9780878492695
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 838
EP - 843
BT - Progress in Measurement and Testing
T2 - 2010 International Conference on Advanced Measurement and Test, AMT 2010
Y2 - 15 May 2010 through 16 May 2010
ER -