A Cloze Is a Cloze Is a Cloze?

Autor/in	Brown, James Dean
Titel	A Cloze Is a Cloze Is a Cloze?
Quelle	(1983), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cloze Procedure; College Students; Comparative Analysis; English (Second Language); Higher Education; Item Sampling; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Second Language Instruction; Standardized Tests; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lückentext; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testaufbau; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	This study attempted to determine the effectiveness of cloze procedures as norm-referenced instruments by comparing the differential responses of four groups of college students of English as a second language on two identical cloze passages. The responses were scored using both exact-answer and acceptable-word methods. The results indicate that the effectiveness, measured as reliability and validity, appears to be strongly related to how well a given cloze passage fits a given student sample. This suggests, in turn, that pretesting any cloze passage is necessary so that an appropriate passage can be selected and modified or tailored to fit a certain group of students. Taking some or all of these steps should help produce a more reliable and valid norm-referenced instrument on whose scores responsible decisions about students can be based. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01