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Hendriks, Ivo (2022)

De CBM-Maze Taak als Meetinstrument voor Tekstbegrip en de Invloed van Teksttypes

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

The aim of this study was to investigate the text-level comprehension demands, and in particular inference making, of the CBM-Maze task and the effects of text types, narrative versus expository, on the CBM-Maze task score. To identify the text-level comprehension demands of the CBM-Maze task, this study used an altered version: the scrambled Maze task. Within the scrambled version of the Maze task, sentence order was randomized to affect the readers ability to make inferences. All 138 participants completed four Maze tasks, two standard and two scrambled versions, consisting of either four narrative or four expository texts. Scores on the scrambled version of the Maze task were compared to scores on the standard version and scores on Maze tasks consisting of narrative texts were compared to scores on Maze tasks consisting of expository texts. Furthermore, multiple regression analyses were conducted to compare the score on the CBM-Maze tasks to scores of Dutch reading assessments,...Show moreThe aim of this study was to investigate the text-level comprehension demands, and in particular inference making, of the CBM-Maze task and the effects of text types, narrative versus expository, on the CBM-Maze task score. To identify the text-level comprehension demands of the CBM-Maze task, this study used an altered version: the scrambled Maze task. Within the scrambled version of the Maze task, sentence order was randomized to affect the readers ability to make inferences. All 138 participants completed four Maze tasks, two standard and two scrambled versions, consisting of either four narrative or four expository texts. Scores on the scrambled version of the Maze task were compared to scores on the standard version and scores on Maze tasks consisting of narrative texts were compared to scores on Maze tasks consisting of expository texts. Furthermore, multiple regression analyses were conducted to compare the score on the CBM-Maze tasks to scores of Dutch reading assessments, the CITO Begrijpend Lezen and the CITO Drie-Minuten-Toets. The results show that the CBM-Maze task demands the reader to use higher-level comprehension skills. This adds to the results of previous research that identified the sentence-level comprehension demands of the CBM-Maze task. These results suggest that the CBM-Maze task can be used by teachers to establish the readers current level and development of reading comprehension. Although participants were expected to score lower on CBM-Maze tasks consisting of expository texts, no effects of text type were found. Limitations of the study and implications of the CBM-Maze task in education are discussed.Show less

CBM-Maze

Meetinstrument

Begrijpend Lezen

Tekstbegrip

Teksttypes

Author

Hendriks, Ivo

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Orthopedagogiek

Supervisors

Dijken, M.J. van

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl