Clozing in on reading comprehension: A deep cloze test of global inference making
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Traditional cloze tests (such as the CBM-maze) may be poor measures of comprehension processes beyond the single sentence level. This paper presents an alternative, a deep cloze test with gaps that are strategically chosen to assess comprehension beyond the sentence level. To fill each gap, the reader has to draw global cohesion inferences during reading. A study with 83 adult students found support for the validity of the deep cloze test. It contributed unique variance to global reading comprehension as measured with a conventional test even after controlling for sentence-level cloze, word decoding, and vocabulary knowledge. The deep cloze also explained all of the shared variance between reading comprehension and a topic identification task designed to require global comprehension. Future studies may explore how the deep cloze format can be used to tap other component processes of reading comprehension.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 1221-1237 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
ID: 289468319