| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 身心障礙教育研究所 === 94 === Due to the deficiency of the language assessment tools on syntax development for birth to three infant-toddlers in Taiwan, the purpose of this study was to design a checklist with high validity and reliability to measure syntax development based on parents’ interview. The protocol was structurally interviewed with thirty parents’ who raise birth to three infant-toddlers. The findings of this study were as following:
1. The Kappa coefficient was .70 and above. The results indicate that the checklist exists middle inter-scorer reliability. The Kuder-Richardson reliability was between .40 and .95 in the items of each age group. It shows that the checklist has high internal consistency.
2. Regarding the validity, the items content of each age group was consistent with the related assessment tools across English and Chinese language and researchs of Chinese language. The results also show high content validity after interview the parents.
3. The researcher rearranged the item sequence on the basis of the results of χ2 test of homogeneity of proportions, and analysis of difficulty level and discrimination index in each age group. The items in each age group were revised and modified after the scientific test of reliability, validity and item analysis.
The complete kit, including test manual, checklist, and recording sheet were developed based on the findings of this study. Also, the infant-toddlers language developmental milestone on syntax was established in Chinese language.
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