Research Article

Examining Factor Structure of the Chinese Version of the PIRLS 2011 Home Questionnaire

Table 4

Confirmatory factor analysis with standardized path coefficients.

Factors⁢ItemsStandardized path coefficient

Performance on early literacy tasks (factor 2) H6ARecognize most of the components of the characters
大部中文的部
.723
H6BRead some words
閱讀字或詞
.884
H6CRead sentences
閱讀句
.873
H6DWrite components of the characters
能寫中文的部
.819
H6EWrite some words
能寫字
.764

Performance on early numeracy tasks (factor 5)H7CRecognize the written numbers from 1–10
1–10 的數字
.873
H7DWrite the numbers from 1–10
能寫 1–10 的數字
.942

Parents’ engagement in children’s study (factor 1) H9ADiscuss my child’s schoolwork with him/her
和子女談及他/她的課業
.633
H9BHelp my child with his/her schoolwork
幫助子女完成學校安排功課
.705
H9CMake sure my child sets aside time to do his/her homework
確定子女安排時做功課
.609
H9DAsk my child what he/she learned in school
和子女談他/她在學校學習
.663
H9ECheck if my child has done his/her homework
檢查子女是否完成功課
.649
H9FHelp my child practice his/her reading
子女閱讀幫助他/她
.782
H9GHelp my child practice his/her math skills
子女練習數學幫助他/她
.758
H9HTalk with my child about what he/she is reading
和子女談談他/她正在閱讀的東西
.744

Parents’ opinions of school involving parents (factor 6) H10BMy child’s school should make a greater effort to include me in my child’s education
學校應更盡力讓參與子女在學校的教育
.595
H10EMy child’s school should do better at keeping me informed of his/her progress
認為學校應讓我知道更多我子女的學習進度
.685

Parents’ opinions on children’s progress (factor 4) H10DMy child’s school cares about my child’s progress in school
學校關心我子女的學習進度
.622
H10FMy child’s school does a good job in helping him/her become better in reading
認為學校為提高我子的閱讀能力面做
.795
H10GMy child’s school does a good job in helping him/her become better in mathematics
認為學校為提高我子的數學能力面做
.818
H10HMy child’s school does a good job in helping him/her become better in science
認為學校為提高我子的科學能力面做
.746

Parents like reading (factor 3) H12When you are at home, how often do you read for your own enjoyment?
在家的候, 久便為樂趣閱讀?
.458
H13BI like talking about what I read with other people
我喜談論我所閱讀的東西
.484
H13CI like to spend my spare time reading
我喜用暇餘閱讀
.729
H13EReading is an important activity in my home
閱讀在我家是一項重要的活
.682
H13FI would like to have more time for reading
希望能閱讀
.707
H13GI enjoy reading
享受閱讀
.798

Parents’ extrinsic motivation of reading (factor 7) H13AI read only if I have to
我有必要時閱讀
.854
H13DI read only if I need information
需要資訊時我才閱讀
.768

Notes. The factor number in the parentheses is corresponding to the factor number in Table 2. The sequence of the scales listed in this table is in accordance with the item sequence in the questionnaire. All paths are statistically significant at levels.