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PRATAS, Marta; CORREIA, Isabel Sofia Calvário  e  SANTOS, Sofia. Assessment of Cherologic Awareness in Portuguese Deaf Children: the Iacq-Lgp. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2021, vol.27, e0033.  Epub 02-Mar-2021. ISSN 1980-5470.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-54702021v27e0033.

The assessment of Portuguese Sign Language (PSL) demands an increase interest to cherological awareness, due to its relevance for PSL learning. At the national level, there is a lack of instruments for evaluating kerological awareness, so the purpose of this article is to present the Kerological Awareness Assessment Instrument (Instrumento de Avaliação da Consciência Querológica - IACQ-LGP) and the analysis of its metric properties. The instrument (consisting of 5 subtests) was applied to 23 participants between 5 and 12 years old (9.09 ± 1.92), 17 males (73.9%) and 6 females (26.1%). The content validity indexes (IVC> .71), universal agreement (> .94) and average (> .94) indicated the relevance of the items. The proportion of agreement (.82 and 1) indicated the strong consensus among experts, as well as Cohen’s Kappa values (k> .84). The reliability was confirmed by the internal consistency (.78> α <.82) and moderate to strong correlations in terms of temporal stability, by the test-retest technique (.37< r <.73), except for the one that evaluates the discrimination of pairs minimums. Construct validity, analyzed by intercorrelations between domains, showed weak to moderate correlations (.12≥r.≤84), and exploratory factor analysis showed the multidimensionality of the construct. The IACQ-LGP appears to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing kerological awareness. Conclusions and recommendations will be presented.

Palavras-chave : Assessment; Deaf; Portuguese Sign Language; Psychometric Properties; Cherologic Awareness; Special Education..

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