A Problem with PIRLS: A Bogus Dip in Attitudes toward Reading between 2006 and 2011
Krashen, Stephen; Loh, Elizabeth Ka Yee
[類別 Type] 學術期刊論文  Journal Article RELC Journal, Volume 46, 2015, Issue 2, pp. 199–203 [撮要 Abstract] There appears to be a dramatic decline in attitude toward reading between 2006 and 2011 for ten year-olds taking the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) examination. This ‘decline’, however, is probably not real but is the result of a change in the attitude questionnaire, mentioned only in the fine print in the 2011 PIRLS publication. The scoring of the 2011 version of...