The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of two widely used Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) in reading--oral reading and maze task--in relation to reading comprehension on state tests using a meta-analysis. A total of 61 studies (132 correlations) were identified across Grades 1 to 10. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of specific cognitive abilities and reading comprehension across a variety of norm referenced tests that align with Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of cognitive abilities and integrative models of reading. Data from existing studies was analyzed by comparing the relationships of four…

Deletion exercises, in which students are asked to supply words removed from texts, can be motivating for learning disabled students. The most common categories of information items that can be deleted include narrative, grammatical, conceptual, and logical elements. (CL)

Describes the use of a modified maze approach to teach why some words are more appropriate than others in a poem. (MKM)

The cloze procedure, an inductive teaching approach taking advantage of available cues within children's storybooks, is advocated for use with developmentally delayed students. Visual, auditory, and sequential and semantic cues may be offered as prompts. (CL)

Explores the central assumption of the cloze procedure, which is that context can be used inferentially to predict deleted words. (MKM)

Suggests three uses of the cloze procedure in content area reading to emphasize particular features such as content, structure, or concept. Provides illustrations of each type of study guide. (TJ)

Offered in this paper are guidelines and procedures to follow for introducing a newspaper-in-education program in the schools. Included are outlines and activities for idea presentation and staff development, suggestions for use of the newspaper in a scavenger hunt, and newspaper workshop ideas. Also included are activity sheets for use in…

The purpose of this monograph is to review and synthesize the literature pertaining directly to the use of cloze as a teaching technique. The literature review is arranged into eight sections: (1) analysis of comparative studies, in which studies that have compared the cloze procedure are examined; (2) analysis of instructional goals, in which the…

A total of 255 reading teachers and classroom teachers completed questionnaires in a study that examined the use of the cloze procedure in selected schools in western New York State. The sample included reading teachers and classroom teachers in grades four through six and junior high school reading teachers and content area teachers. The results…

Concludes that the Cloze Reading Inventory and its coding form can be reliably employed by a variety of teachers for a variety of grade levels and passages. (FL)

Critically examines the commonly used scoring criteria for cloze tests and presents a new semantically consistent scoring system. (FL)

Findings of a study involving 49 elementary and 32 secondary deaf students supported the hypothesis that adding sign language pictures above English words would significantly increase Ss' reading comprehension. Cloze sign format (every fifth sign deleted) also improved comprehension. Results supported a language difference model. (CL)

Contends that the use of the cloze procedure, frequently with modifications, can provide reading teachers with an interesting and instructionally sound approach for supplementing the basic reading program. Suggests that cloze techniques can be used both for teaching students how to read more competently and for evaluating their reading…

Reviews research and informal experimentation on the use of the cloze procedure as an instructional tool to teach use of context. (MKM)