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Mikami, Hitoshi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
This article discusses the interchangeability of three self-report measures for reading anxiety. Despite their differences in target constructs, the three scales have been used for similar lines of research. After computing shared variance between the target scales and examining the behavior of anxiety indexes in relation to the amount of graded…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Anxiety, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Measures (Individuals)
Furukawa, James M.; Sakamoto, Takahiko – 1980
It is estimated that approximately 15% of the school children in the United States have reading problems, while only about 1% of students in Japan have such difficulties. A joint study was conducted by researchers in the two countries to identify possible causes for this difference. Subjects were 61 Japanese kindergarten students in an urban…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries