Talk:Cloze test

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[edit] Merge with cloze

Merge. Didn't know cloze already existed, just followed the lead from WP:RA. Hope some of what I wrote is preserved. Roehl Sybing 02:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Discard "Cloze". "Cloze test" has a much better description. 213.112.16.31 22:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge. "Cloze test" is obviously a much better article, although there are a couple of pieces of information in "Cloze" that should be rescued (namely the etymology and the reference to the inventor). The example given in "Cloze" is very poor. However, see also the comments in Talk:Cloze.AdeMiami 09:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example

" The words "milk and eggs" is important for deciding which noun to put in the blank; "supermarket" is most likely the best answer. Depending on the student, however, the first blank could either be "store" or "supermarket," while "umbrella" in the second blank may arguably be the only word that would fit, given the phrase "getting wet" later on in the sentence."

1) I don't think "supermarket" is "most likely the best answer", and I don't think presenting the only possible answers as store/supermarket is helpful. I think something along the lines of "The words "milk and eggs" is important for deciding which noun to put in the blank; correct answers might include "store", "supermarket", and "dairy"." might be better...?

2) In my opinion, "umbrella" isn't "arguably the only word that would fit". Other words e.g. hat, coat, macintosh would all fit fine.

3) Compound word answers could, on the face of it, be valid in this example. E.g. "hat and coat" would fit for the second blank, "dairy and egg stalls at the market" for the first.

Only small points but I feel the example could be better clarified. I've been trying to think of a better example that could only be one word but am having trouble coming up with anything. I think maybe more of a factual question might work better but every thing I think of could have multiple answers!

Would it be relevant to include tests in which part of the word is supplied? E.g. "The sun was shining_______ brightly".

Crana 19:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)