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Asraoui, Anis (2012)

Format Effects of the Maze Task for Middle-School Students: Traditional, Vertical, and Subtype

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of three formats (traditional, vertical, and subtype) on the validity of the Curriculum-based Measurement (CBM) maze measure as an indicator of reading performance. The effects of gender on maze scores for each format were also examined. Participants were 42 students (17 females, 25 males) in grade 6 between the age of 11 and 13 from a Dutch school. CITO test scores and comprehension questions served as criterion measures for the maze tasks. Results revealed format, but not gender, effects for the mean maze scores. No format effects were found for correlations between maze and the criterion variables. Correlations between maze and CITO scores were all significant and ranged from .34 to .36. Correlations between the maze and comprehension question scores ranged from .25 to .36.

Maze Task

Author

Asraoui, Anis

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Education Studie

Supervisors

Espin, Chris

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en