Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience
Introduction: Teachers play a vital role in identifying students with dyslexia. The acquisition of this knowledge will help teachers to classify students who are at risk of dyslexia. The objective of this study is to identify the level of teachers’ knowledge about dyslexia that comprises of its gene...
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| author | Ramli, Shalinawati Idris, Idayu Badilla Omar, Khairani Harun, Dzalani Surat, Shahlan Mohamad Yusop, Yusni Zainudin, Zaida Nor |
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| description | Introduction: Teachers play a vital role in identifying students with dyslexia. The acquisition of this knowledge will help teachers to classify students who are at risk of dyslexia. The objective of this study is to identify the level of teachers’ knowledge about dyslexia that comprises of its general knowledge, diagnosis, symptoms and treatments. A cross sectional study was done upon 138 preschool teachers. This research was conducted by using ‘Knowledge and Beliefs about Developmental Dyslexia’ questionnaire, which consists of 36 items with 3 Likert scale questions. Findings revealed that the level of general knowledge possessed by the pre-school teachers was relatively different based on the construct even though they have respectively received the Diploma in Early Childhood Education. On the same hand, most of the respondents were found to be having higher understanding on the general knowledge about dyslexia compared to their understanding on the symptoms, diagnosis and the treatments. |
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| spelling | upm-687402019-06-10T03:30:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68740/ Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience Ramli, Shalinawati Idris, Idayu Badilla Omar, Khairani Harun, Dzalani Surat, Shahlan Mohamad Yusop, Yusni Zainudin, Zaida Nor Introduction: Teachers play a vital role in identifying students with dyslexia. The acquisition of this knowledge will help teachers to classify students who are at risk of dyslexia. The objective of this study is to identify the level of teachers’ knowledge about dyslexia that comprises of its general knowledge, diagnosis, symptoms and treatments. A cross sectional study was done upon 138 preschool teachers. This research was conducted by using ‘Knowledge and Beliefs about Developmental Dyslexia’ questionnaire, which consists of 36 items with 3 Likert scale questions. Findings revealed that the level of general knowledge possessed by the pre-school teachers was relatively different based on the construct even though they have respectively received the Diploma in Early Childhood Education. On the same hand, most of the respondents were found to be having higher understanding on the general knowledge about dyslexia compared to their understanding on the symptoms, diagnosis and the treatments. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68740/1/2019042916021820_0373%28Final%2920.pdf Ramli, Shalinawati and Idris, Idayu Badilla and Omar, Khairani and Harun, Dzalani and Surat, Shahlan and Mohamad Yusop, Yusni and Zainudin, Zaida Nor (2019) Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (SUPP1). pp. 134-139. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019042916021820_0373(Final)20.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ramli, Shalinawati Idris, Idayu Badilla Omar, Khairani Harun, Dzalani Surat, Shahlan Mohamad Yusop, Yusni Zainudin, Zaida Nor Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title | Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title_full | Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title_fullStr | Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title_short | Preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a Malaysian experience |
| title_sort | preschool teachers' knowledge on dyslexia: a malaysian experience |
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