Masked and unmasked task performance tap different components of skilled reading¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2022: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q3 i? Communality analysis showed masked performance uniquely predicted fluency while unmasked performance uniquely predicted decoding. → Roembke Tanja C. 2019
Evidence¶
Roembke Tanja C. 2019¶
Roembke Tanja C., Hazeltine Eliot, Reed Deborah K., McMurray Bob. (2019). Automaticity of Word Recognition is a Unique Predictor of Reading Fluency in Middle-School Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000279
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Communality analysis (vocabulary, then masked, then unmasked entered) across the same sample. The article concludes "masked performance captures a unique component of variance in fluency; whereas, unmasked performance captures unique variance in decoding", ruling out a mere added-trials reliability explanation.
"Importantly, masked performance captures a unique component of variance in fluency; whereas, unmasked performance captures unique variance in decoding. This apparent dissociation indicates that masked and unmasked performance may tap different components of skilled reading."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Automaticity does not predict decoding or reading comprehension in middle-school students — reports the opposite
- Masked (automatic) word recognition uniquely predicts oral reading fluency over and above unmasked accuracy and vocabulary in middle-school students — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Masked word recognition uniquely predicts silent reading fluency via the Find the Picture task — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Automaticity is detectable in the orthography-to-phonology pathway using nonword trials — related
- Backward masking produces a large, reliable accuracy decrement across all three reading tasks — related
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masked-unmasked-dissociation |
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Masked and unmasked task performance tap different components of skilled reading |
description |
Masked and unmasked task performance tap different components of skilled reading |
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moderate |
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2019 |
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2022 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
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1 — roembke-tanja-c-2019 |
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