Talk:Cloze test

Merge with cloze
Merge. Didn't know cloze already existed, just followed the lead from WP:RA. Hope some of what I wrote is preserved. Roehl Sybing 02:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Discard "Cloze". "Cloze test" has a much better description. 213.112.16.31 22:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge. "Cloze test" is obviously a much better article, although there are a couple of pieces of information in "Cloze" that should be rescued (namely the etymology and the reference to the inventor). The example given in "Cloze" is very poor. However, see also the comments in Talk:Cloze.AdeMiami 09:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Example
" The words "milk and eggs" is important for deciding which noun to put in the blank; "supermarket" is most likely the best answer. Depending on the student, however, the first blank could either be "store" or "supermarket," while "umbrella" in the second blank may arguably be the only word that would fit, given the phrase "getting wet" later on in the sentence."

1) I don't think "supermarket" is "most likely the best answer", and I don't think presenting the only possible answers as store/supermarket is helpful. I think something along the lines of "The words "milk and eggs" is important for deciding which noun to put in the blank; correct answers might include "store", "supermarket", and "dairy"." might be better...?

2) In my opinion, "umbrella" isn't "arguably the only word that would fit". Other words e.g. hat, coat, macintosh would all fit fine.

3) Compound word answers could, on the face of it, be valid in this example. E.g. "hat and coat" would fit for the second blank, "dairy and egg stalls at the market" for the first.

Only small points but I feel the example could be better clarified. I've been trying to think of a better example that could only be one word but am having trouble coming up with anything. I think maybe more of a factual question might work better but every thing I think of could have multiple answers!

Would it be relevant to include tests in which part of the word is supplied? E.g. "The sun was shining_______ brightly".

Crana 19:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

"Dairy"? Why not "grocery"? That indeed had been my first thought; but I'm not a native speaker of English. Someone really should highlight that there are many many more (correct) possibilites, apart from those given. Zero Thrust (talk) 21:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Gestalt theory [1].
At the target reference there is nothing about Cloze tests. Assuming this is correct information, there should be something on Cloze tests in Gestalt theory [1]. I am not qualified to do this...perhaps ssomeone can take this up.

Paul Trundley, Sydney —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.136.86.11 (talk) 06:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Fill in the blank
Is there some reason the widely used name "fill-in-the-blank test" isn't mentioned in the article? &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 22:45, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

One distinction between fill-in-the-blank tests and cloze tests is that fill-in-the-blank requires the pupil to fill in the selected operative word or phrase. Fill-in-the-blank tests assess cold recall of what was taught. Teachers differ on whether a synonym is allowed; some are very dogmatic about exact recall.

A cloze test may consist of a paragraph from which every fifth word is mechanically deleted and replaced with a line of uniform length on which the pupil must write the exact word deleted (however trivial). Scores on such a cloze test are said to correlate to scores on a multiple-choice test over the same subject matter. This is attributed to RANKIN, E.F., AND CULHANE, J.W., Comparable cloze and multiple choice comprehension test scores. Journal of Reading, 1969, 13, 193-198. This result is not the major conclusion of the article nor evident from the abstract; will someone with library on-line privilege please check the full text to see whether this is buried in the details?

If the correlation is valid, then a cloze test might be used not just to assess reading comprehension but to assess subject mastery (using text not previously available to the pupils). Since subject mastery is expected to correlate to other competencies such as reading comprehension, a correction that subtracts general reading comprehension from the subject matter cloze test result would be appropriate. All this is part of a larger issue: how can understanding of subject matter, understanding that implies ability to practice the subject, be separated from scholastic aptitude (including reading comprehension)? ˜˜˜˜

Jwjwjjwj Abdullah655 (talk) 08:41, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Reference format
The reference given for Citation 3 is not recognized by scholar.google.com. Removing the parenthetical description corrects this. The source suggests Sachs, J, Tung, P, and Lam, RYH, How to construct a Cloze test: Lessons from testing measurement theory models, Perspectives, 1997, v. 9, p. 145-160.˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nhy67ygv (talk • contribs) 06:56, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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This sentence:

‘The methodology is the subject of an extensive academic literature;[2] nonetheless, teachers commonly devise ad hoc tests.’

… requires a gloss. The word ‘nonetheless’ implies that teachers have ignored the research, or are ignorant of it, or are somehow doing things wrong. --2001:44B8:3102:BB00:18D4:5826:88CD:EE29 (talk) 03:04, 23 August 2021 (UTC)