Oral Reading Skills and Comprehension Test-ii (sobat®-ii): Assessment of reading fluency and comprehension of Turkish students with specific learning disabilities

participating in the test administration are 
examined, results show that 55.6% were girls and 
44.4% were boys. The mother tongue of the 
majority of the students participating in the test was 
Turkish 
(98.6%). 
From 
the 
demographics 
information it was clear that most of the students 
had attended the same school for 3 years (31.1%). 
Table 2 presents the general characteristics of the 
participating students. 
Table 2 Characteristics of students 
Characteristics 
n 
% 
Gender 
Female 
334 
55.6 
Male 
267 
44.4 
Mother tongue 
Turkish 
553 
98.6 
Kurdish 
7 
1.2 
Other 
1 
0.2 
Years in same school 
One year 
64 
11.4 
Two years 
153 
27.3 
Three years 
187 
33.4 
Four years 
89 
15.9 
Five years 
41 
7.3 
Six years 
15 
2.7 
Seven years 
2 
0.4 
Eight years 
9 
1.6 

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South African Journal of Education, Volume 41, Number 1, February 2021 
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Data Analysis 
All data collected during the project were entered 
into a statistical program. Descriptive analyses 
were conducted to obtain information about the 
characteristics 
of 
participants 
and 
reading 
performances on the test. Demographic information 
consisted of items such as study environment, daily 
reading activities of students, time spent on 
television (TV) and computer, and library at home. 
In addition, reading performances of students from 
SOBAT®-II were collected in terms of reading 
rate, reading errors, and reading comprehension. 
All the reading performances were recorded on a 
digital voice recorder and all reading performances 
were checked for accuracy of data.