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Marleen F. Westerveld; Stephanie A. Malone; Sally Clendon; Rachael Bowen; Georgia Hayley; Jessica Paynter – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: As a group, autistic children with high support needs (with adaptive functioning in the range of an intellectual disability) are at risk of significant literacy difficulties. We investigated the parent-reported home literacy environment of this group of children. Method: Sixty-two parents of autistic children (4.5 to 18.25 years)…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Literacy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
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Henk, William A.; Melnick, Steven A. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes the development and uses of an instrument for measuring how children feel about themselves as readers, that is, their sense of self-efficacy as readers. Appends the scale, directions for administration and scoring, a scoring sheet, and a description of validation measures. (SR)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Children, Elementary Education, Reading Ability
Carroll, David J. – 1988
A study investigated the degree to which scores on content-based tests were influenced by non-content factors such as difficulty with reading, lack of confidence in responding independently to a test, and inexperience with modes of responding to multiple-choice questions. A test compiled from science, math, and social studies material in a primary…
Descriptors: Children, Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Foreign Countries