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Journal of Reading Behavior

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Studying Contextual Build-up during Reading through Cumulative Cloze.

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Hoffman, James V. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1980

Describes the progress in the development of a modified cloze technique, termed cumulative cloze, which offers greater potential than the traditional cloze task for studying the effects of contextual build-up over units of discourse larger than the sentence. (HOD)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Context Clues, Higher Education

The Controlled Instrument Procedure for Studying the Effect of Syntactic Sophistication on Reading: A Second Study

Peer reviewed

Smith, William L. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972

Presents results from an experiment designed to extend the study of the relationship between the syntactic sophistication of the student and the material being read. (TO)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Language Acquisition, Reading Ability

Vertical and Horizontal Constraints in the Context Reading of Sentences

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Weaver, Wendell W.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1970

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns