DO CLOZE TESTS WORK? OR, IS IT JUST AN ILLUSION?

Keywords

Illusion, Work (physics), Computer science, Psychology, Cognitive psychology

References

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Related papers

• “Cloze Procedure”: A New Tool for Measuring ReadabilityWilson L. Taylor — 1953
• Relative Merits of Four Methods for Scoring Cloze TestsJames Dean Brown — 1980
• Performance on Cloze Tests with Fixed‐Ratio and Rational DeletionsLyle F. Bachman — 1985
• Assessing ReadingJ. Charles Alderson — 2000
• The Meaning of Cloze Test Scores: An Item Difficulty PerspectiveRoberta G. Abraham, Carol A. Chapelle — 1992
• Testing reading comprehension of theoretical discourse with clozeBenjamin B. Greene — 2001
• Scoring Methods and Difficulty Levels for Cloze Tests of Proficiency in English as a Second Language.John W. Oller — 1972
• Cloze method: what difference does it make?Carol A. Chapelle, Roberta G. Abraham — 1990
• CLOZE TESTS OF SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND WHAT THEY MEASUREJohn W. Oller — 1973
• The Trait Structure of Cloze Test Scores.Lyle F. Bachman — 1982