Masked (automatic) word recognition uniquely predicts oral reading fluency over and above unmasked accuracy and vocabulary in middle-school students¶
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q3 i? Masked versions of Find the Picture and Find the Rhyme significantly predicted oral fluency beyond unmasked versions of the same tasks. → Roembke Tanja C. 2019
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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
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Hierarchical regression in a study of 56 middle-school students (after exclusions) entered vocabulary, then unmasked task accuracy, then masked accuracy. The article reports that "the masked versions of Find the Picture and Find the Rhyme significantly predicted oral fluency over and above unmasked variants" with ΔR2 values of 0.08 and 0.073.
"Crucially, the masked versions of Find the Picture and Find the Rhyme significantly predicted oral fluency over and above unmasked variants (masked Find the Picture: ΔR2= 0.08; masked Find the Rhyme: ΔR2= 0.073)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Automaticity does not predict decoding or reading comprehension in middle-school students — reports the opposite
- Automaticity is detectable in the orthography-to-phonology pathway using nonword trials — related
- Masked and unmasked task performance tap different components of skilled reading — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Masked word recognition uniquely predicts silent reading fluency via the Find the Picture task — related
- Backward masking produces a large, reliable accuracy decrement across all three reading tasks — related
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Masked (automatic) word recognition uniquely predicts oral reading fluency over and above unmasked accuracy and vocabulary in middle-school students |
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Masked (automatic) word recognition uniquely predicts oral reading fluency over and above unmasked accuracy and vocabulary in middle-school students |
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