Backward masking produces a large, reliable accuracy decrement across all three reading tasks¶
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q3 i3 Masking significantly lowered accuracy on all three tasks with large partial-eta-squared effects, and nonwords showed a greater masking decrement than words. → 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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Repeated-measures ANOVAs on accuracy (empirical logit transformed) across 56 students. The article reports "the main effect of masking was significant for all three tasks" with ηp2 values of 0.590, 0.641, and 0.687, and a significant masking × item-type interaction indicating a greater decrement for nonwords.
"The main effect of masking was significant for all three tasks (Find the Picture: F(1, 55) = 79.18, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.590; Find the Rhyme: F(1, 55) = 98.38, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.641; Verify: F(1, 55) = 120.61, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.687)."
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Related Claims¶
- Masked (automatic) word recognition uniquely predicts oral reading fluency over and above unmasked accuracy and vocabulary in middle-school students — related
- Automaticity is detectable in the orthography-to-phonology pathway using nonword trials — related
- Masked word recognition uniquely predicts silent reading fluency via the Find the Picture task — related
- Masked and unmasked task performance tap different components of skilled reading — related
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Backward masking produces a large, reliable accuracy decrement across all three reading tasks |
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Backward masking produces a large, reliable accuracy decrement across all three reading tasks |
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