Psychological reports
Volume 71, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 175-178

A study of the concurrent validity of the Screening Test of Adolescent Language with recent immigrants. (Article)

Hayes S.C.* , Farnill D.
  • a University of SydneyNSW, Australia
  • b University of SydneyNSW, Australia

Abstract

The concurrent validity of the Screening Test of Adolescent Language was investigated by correlating the total scores for 152 first-year medical students with their performances on the Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery. The sample included many recent immigrants from southeastern Asia who were not yet highly proficient in English. The Pearson correlation of .78 between the two measures was high and statistically significantly different from zero.

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Index Keywords

education Language Tests Acculturation Emigration and Immigration cultural factor Australia medical education School Admission Criteria Article human Humans Education, Medical migration language test Adolescent

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DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.1.175
ISSN: 00332941
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English