How strong and weak readers perform on the Developmental Eye Movement test (DEM): norms for Latvian school-aged children

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• 作者：Jelena Serdjukova ; Lasma Ekimane ; Janis Valeinis ; Jurgis Skilters…
• 关键词：School ; aged children ; Development Eye Movement test ; Reading rate
• 刊名：Reading and Writing
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：30
• 期：2
• 页码：233-252
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Language and Literature; Psycholinguistics; Education, general; Neurology; Literacy;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0905
• 卷排序：30

文摘

The aim of our study was to determine DEM test performance norms for school-aged children in Latvia, assess how DEM test results correlate with children’s reading rates, compare test performance between strong and weak readers. A modified DEM test and a newly developed reading test were administered to 1487 children during a screening survey. Our study provides norms for adjusted DEM scores for children from 7 to 18 years of age. A high correlation exists between a child’s reading rate and her DEM speed scores for both parts of the test. Weak readers performed significantly more slowly on the DEM test than strong readers. Overall, 6 % of the subject population scored 1 standard deviation below the mean value on both the DEM and reading tests. We conclude that these individuals may be at a higher risk for developing reading impairments.