Jongsma 1980

Jongsma, Eugene A. 1980.Cloze instruction research: A second look. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. 0872078671. Location: Dallas SIL Library 372.4 J79.

The cloze procedure involves deleting every n th word in a test and requiring the reader to fill in the resulting blanks. This procedure has been variously used as a

• test of reading ability
• test of the difficulty of the reading material, and
• teaching strategy.

“The cloze procedure as a teaching technique” by Eugene Jongsma is a small booklet which

• reviews the literature on this subject
• indicates directions for further research, and
• provides a bibliography.

“An introduction to the cloze procedure” is an annotated bibliography compiled by Richard D. Robinson.

• Bibliography module: Jongsma 1980
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): J
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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