[etni] origin of the word "cloze?

From: Ruth Sheffer <ruti044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:11:07 +0200
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got this in a quick search on google:
for Henry who asked:
What is Cloze procedure?
The "cloze" procedure for testing your writing is often treated as a 
readability test because a formula exists for translating the data 
from "cloze tests" into numerical results. The name "Cloze" comes 
from the word "closure". In this procedure, words are deleted from 
the text and readers are asked to fill in the blanks. By constructing 
the meaning from the available words and completing the text, the 
reader achieves "closure". (elaboration below)
In 1953 the "cloze procedure" was developed and later, after 1965, 
formulas were developed for its use. It became a popular method 
for measuring the suitability of text for a particular audience. It 
was popular because its scoring was objective; it was easy to use 
and analyze; it used the text itself for analysis; and it yields high 
correlations to other formulas.
The cloze technique does not predict whether the materials is 
comprehensible; it is an actual try-out of the material. It tells you 
whether a particular audience group can comprehend the writing 
well enough to complete the cloze test.
Cloze procedure consists of deleting words in a text and asking the 
reader to fill in the appropriate or a similar word. Usually every 
fifth word is deleted. Cloze is thought to offer a better index of 
comprehensibility than the statistical formulas. The ability to 
identify the missing word or to insert a satisfactory substitute for 
the original word indicates that the reader comprehends the 
content of the text.
Close testing has been called a "rubber yardstick" because Cloze 
scores reflect both the difficulty of the text and the readers abilities 
or resources. Like any readability test, the problem arises over 
what is considered a successful completion of the text: inserting 
50% of missing words, 75% or 100%. Today educators recognize 
that cloze procedre4us are more suitable to assess readers' abilities 
than to measure the readability of text. Critics have pointed out 
that cloze can operate on the basis of measuring redundancy -- that 
in some texts it measures the number of redundant words rather 
than implicit words.


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