Cloze test

Cloze tests require the ability to understand the context and vocabulary in order to identify the correct language or part of speech that belongs in the deleted passages.

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

I knew it was going to rain, but I forgot to take my ________, and ended up getting wet on the way.Students would then be required to fill in the blanks with words that would best complete the passage.

I thought that was very ______.Given the above passage, students' answers may then vary depending on their vocabulary skills and their personal opinions.

[3] Lower ability test takers are suggested to be more likely to be concentrating on the information contained in the words immediately surrounding the gap, while higher ability test takers are thought to be able to use a wider context window, which is also true for more capable large language models, such as ChatGPT, in contrast to less able older models.

A number of the methodological problems pointed out by researchers regarding the open-ended type cloze item (readers must supply a correct word from long-term memory, how to score acceptable responses that are not the exact replacement, etc.)

See sample test and practice activity from a pilot study in a rural Latin American community.

An important concept that applies during the automatic creation of cloze tests by software is word clozability.

Cloze deletion can also be applied to a graphic organizer, wherein a diagram, map, grid, or image is presented and contextual clues must be used to fill in some labels.