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Beyond the Bubble

open access: yesPółrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium
This paper examines the role of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in language assessment, combining a review of existing research with a focused case study from Uzbekistan.
Louis Train
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Age- and ability-related differences in young readers’ use of conjunctions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Two studies investigating young readers’ use of conjunctions are reported. In Study One, 145 eight- to ten-year-olds completed one of two narrative cloze tasks in which different types of conjunction were deleted.
Cain, Kate   +2 more
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A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST AND CLOZE TYPE TEST IN READING COMPREHENSION (A CASE STUDY IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY) [PDF]

open access: yes
In reading curriculum, it becomes necessary to evaluate students' reading abilities. This evaluation can be used to determine students' progress, their problems and weakness, to motivate and provide constructive feedback and to provide a final test. This
RATNA WIJAYANTI
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Item Analysis of a Multiple-Choice Rational Cloze Test

open access: yes, 1998
The basic unit of any test is the test item. In order to make a test better, we need to identify weak items and modify them. The purpose of this investigation is to identify and compare the weak items of a cloze test by classical test theory (CTT) and ...
島田, 勝正   +4 more
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Speeded Cloze-Elide Test as a General Test of Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language

open access: yes, 2018
International audienceIn this study, the cloze-elide test was developed and administered under time constraints. This research is aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the speeded cloze-elide test and investigate its relationship with reading ...
Zare, Samaneh, Boori, Ali, Akbar
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Use of the cloze procedure to measure readability and reading comprehension in the Samoan language [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
A series of cloze reading tests of varying deletion rates and a traditional multiple-choice reading test wer~ administered to a group of high school students in American Samoa in order to determine the efficacy of using the cloze procedure as a measure ...
Bowne, Gary L.
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Student accounts of the Ontario Secondary School literacy Test: a case for validation

open access: yes, 2007
The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is a cross-curricular literacy test issued to all secondary school students in the province of Ontario.
Cheng, Liying, Fox, Janna, Zheng, Ying
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Variants of Cloze-Test Based Tasks and Vocabulary Achievement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Vocabulary is an integral part of a language and language education. In view of the close relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language learning, there is a significant need for language learners, especially in the ESL context, to develop ...
Wardatul Akmam Din   +2 more
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A Comparison of Using Multiple Choice and Cloze Tests on Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension at Second Semester of English Department of FKIP Batanghari University

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The purpose of the study was to find out the comparative achievement of multiple choice test and bracket test in reading comprehension in the second semester of the department of english, University of FKIP Batanghari.
Silfia, Efa
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A comparison of cognitive processing during cloze and multiple-choice reading tests using brain activation

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This study compares cognitive processing and cerebral activation during a cloze test to a multiple-choice reading test. Data were obtained through an innovative neuroimaging technique (near-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS) and stimulated recall interviews ...
竹内, 理   +5 more
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