| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺南師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 89 === The purpose of this study is to develop a standardized Chinese vocabulary test for elementary school children to enrich the tool resources of research and application. The related researches on Chinese vocabulary were reviewed first then a scientific and systematic sample of Chinese vocabulary was selected to construct the test. From pilot-test, 98 items were compiled and to be administrated to the second graders, 100 items for fourth and fifth graders respectively. There were 50 items to be selected for the formal test which were categorized into four categories in each age group. There were seven to thirty items in each category. One thousand and thirty four children were sampled as the norm. The average item difficulty index was 0.62, 0.71 and 0.74 for two-, four-, and five-graders respectively. The correlation coefficients among subtests were ranging from 0.51 to 0.72. The performance of different background children was also analyzed. The result showed that the better the student’s Chinese achievement was, the better their Chinese vocabulary ability was. Besides that, gender difference only found for 4 graders yet location difference was found for all age group. Moreover, this study also investigated other factors about vocabulary test, such as common item, word frequency and the way item presented. The results suggested the higher grade the students were, the better the students perform in common items. However, the correlation between word frequency and the difficulty index was weak. The profiles of students’ performance in written and listening test were similar. Overall, this test functions effectively for the preliminary screening and diagnosing purposes.
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