Rowland Agbara, Benjamin Fomete, Kelvin Uchenna Omeje
Fractures of the Mandible: Epidemiological Study of 519 Nigerian Cases
Journal of the West African College of Surgeons
oral language skills provide critical foundation formal education especially development childrens literacy reading spelling skills therefore important teachers able assess childrens language skills especially concerned learning report development standardization mobile applanguagescreenthat used education professionals assess childrens language ability standardization sample included data approximately 350000 children aged 306 yearsmonths 811 screened receptive expressive language skills using languagescreen rasch scaling used select items appropriate difficulty single unidimensional scale languagescreen excellent psychometric properties including high reliability good fit rasch model minimal differential item functioning across key student groups girls outperformed boys children english additional language scored less well compared monolingual english speakers languagescreen provides easytouse reliable childfriendly means identifying children language difficulties use schools may serve raise teachers awareness variations language skills importance educational practice