Evaluating a History Text: A Comparison of Cloze and Maze Procedures.

Bean, Thomas W.; Brandt, Patti

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Publication Date: 1981-Dec

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Evaluating a History Text: A Comparison of Cloze and Maze Procedures.

Bean, Thomas W.; Brandt, Patti

Reading World, v21 n2 p116-22 Dec 1981

Concludes that the maze procedure tended to overestimate students' ability to cope with an unfamiliar text, while the cloze procedure appeared to be a reasonably accurate measure. (FL)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, History Instruction, Readability, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Textbook Evaluation

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Language: English

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