Computerized reading fluency assessment task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders

This study examines how well computerized reading fluency assessment measures correspond to the more traditional pen-and-paper methods; and which computerized measures best discriminate between children poor reading fluency skills and the control group. The study was conducted in Finland among 203 s...

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Main Author: Koikkalainen, Maija
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Psykologian laitos, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/47242
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description This study examines how well computerized reading fluency assessment measures correspond to the more traditional pen-and-paper methods; and which computerized measures best discriminate between children poor reading fluency skills and the control group. The study was conducted in Finland among 203 second-graders, i.e. 7-8 year olds. The children were divided into two groups: the at-risk for reading difficulties group and control group, based on their standardized score on word-level fluency test. 36 of the participants placed in the ‘at-risk’ group, and 167 in the control group. On the course of the study, the participants conducted various tasks in a computerized, interactive GraphoGame learning environment, which recorded their results on the following measures: grapheme-phoneme correspondence, phonological awareness, phonological memory, phonemic length discrimination, short-term memory, rapid automatized naming, receptive vocabulary, word recognition, pseudo-word recognition, spelling, pseudoword spelling and sentence reading fluency (both large and normal letter spacing). They also took part in traditional pen-and-paper tests with the corresponding measures. Pearson correlations and logistic regression analysis were used to study the research questions. The results showed that majority of the computerized measures compared to the traditional measures well. Sentence reading with large letter spacing, word recognition accuracy and rapid automatized naming were found as the strongest discriminators of reading fluency skills between the two groups. The results shed positive light on using computerized methods in reading assessment. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, kuinka hyvin lukemisen tietokoneistetut arviointimenetelmät vastaavat perinteisiä kynä-paperi-menetelmiä, ja mitkä tietokoneistetuista mittareista parhaiten erottelevat normaalisti ja heikosti lukevia lapsia toisistaan. Tutkimukseen osallistui 203 oppilasta suomalaisten peruskoulujen 2. luokilta. Lapset jaettiin heikosti lukeviin ja kontrolliryhmään sanasujuvuustestin perusteella. 36 osallistujaa sijoittui heikosti lukevien ryhmään ja 167 osallistujaa kontrolliryhmään. Tutkimuksen aikana osallistujat suorittivat useita tehtäviä interaktiivisessa Ekapeli-oppimisympäristössä, joka tallensi osallistujien tulokset seuraavien muuttujien osalta: kirjain-äänne vastaavuus, fonologinen tietoisuus, fonologinen muisti, foneemisen keston erottelu, lyhytkestoinen muisti, nopea automaattinen nimeäminen, reseptiivinen sanasto, sanantunnistus, epäsanojen tunnistus, kirjoittaminen, epäsanojen kirjoittaminen sekä lausetason lukusujuvuus (normaaleilla ja suurilla kirjainväleillä). Osallistujat myös suorittivat samoja muuttujia vastaavat tehtävät perinteisillä kynä-paperi-testeillä. Analyysit tehtiin käyttämällä Pearsonin korrelaatiokerrointa ja logistista regressioanalyysia. Tulokset osoittivat, että suurin osa tietokoneistetuista tehtävistä vastasi perinteisiä menetelmiä hyvin. Lausetason lukemisen sujuvuus suurilla kirjainväleillä, sanantunnistuksen tarkkuus sekä nopea automaattinen nimeäminen yhdessä erottelivat parhaiten heikosti ja normaalisti lukevia lapsia toisistaan. Tulokset luovat uskoa tietokoneistettujen arviointimenetelmien käyttöönottoon lukemisen arvioinnissa.
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title Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_alt Task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_full Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_fullStr Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_full_unstemmed Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_short Computerized reading fluency assessment
title_sort computerized reading fluency assessment task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second graders
title_sub task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
title_txtP Computerized reading fluency assessment : task validity and the strongest discriminators of fluency skills among second-graders
topic Lukusujuvuus tietokoneistettu arviointi Ekapeli Psykologia Psychology 202 lukeminen arviointi arviointimenetelmät oppimispelit
topic_facet 202 Ekapeli Lukusujuvuus Psychology Psykologia arviointi arviointimenetelmät lukeminen oppimispelit tietokoneistettu arviointi
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