The Effects of Test Characteristics on the Hierarchical Order of Reading Skills

• Main Authors: Badrasawi, Kamal J I, Abu Kassim, Noor Lide, Mat Daud, Nuraihan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2017
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29463/1/MJLI%2014%2001%202017%2063-82.pdf; https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2017.14.1.3; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29463/; https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/mjli/article/view/mjli2017.14.1.3; https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2017.14.1.3

Purpose - The study sought to determine the hierarchical nature of reading skills. Whether reading is a unitary or multi-divisible skill is still a contentious issue. So is the hierarchical order of reading skills. Determining the hierarchy of reading skills is challenging as item difficulty is grea...