Cloze Test
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A Cloze Test is a missing-word classification task for repeated missing words in a passage..
- AKA: Cloze Deletion Test.
- See: Gestalt Psychology, Language Learning.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloze_test Retrieved:2015-6-23.
- A cloze test (also cloze deletion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing words. Cloze tests require the ability to understand context and vocabulary in order to identify the correct words or type of words that belong in the deleted passages of a text. This exercise is commonly administered for the assessment of native and second language learning and instruction.
The word cloze is derived from closure in Gestalt theory. The exercise was first described by W.L. Taylor in 1953.
- A cloze test (also cloze deletion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing words. Cloze tests require the ability to understand context and vocabulary in order to identify the correct words or type of words that belong in the deleted passages of a text. This exercise is commonly administered for the assessment of native and second language learning and instruction.
1968
- (Bormuth, 1968) ⇒ John Bormuth R. (1968). “Cloze Test Readability: Criterion Reference Scores.” In: Journal of Educational Measurement 5, no. 3
- QUOTE: The principle purpose of this study was to determine for cloze readability tests, a set of criterion scores comparable to the criterion scores used with oral lead!~ g tests employed to measure the readabilities of passages. A secondary purpose was to add to the already …