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Gao, Qiufeng; Wang, Huan; Chang, Fang; An, Qi; Yi, Hongmei; Kenny, Kaleigh; Shi, Yaojiang – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
This article reports on research conducted to investigate student confidence in reading by collecting data from 135 primary schools in rural China. In the survey, we adopted the PIRLS scales of confidence in reading and reading skills test items. Our analysis shows that compared to the other countries and regions, rural China ranks last with…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Rural Areas
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Yi, Hongmei; Mo, Di; Wang, Huan; Gao, Qiufeng; Shi, Yaojiang; Wu, Paiou; Abbey, Cody; Rozelle, Scott – Reading Research Quarterly, 2019
It is commonly believed that reading challenges should be addressed early to reduce the likelihood that developmental delays will impact students over the long term. However, students in developing countries often have limited access to reading resources. In this study, the authors used a randomized controlled trial of 11,083 fourth- and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Independent Reading, Reading Habits