The Primary English Encyclopedia: The Heart of the Curriculum, Third Edition
Gap Reading Comprehension test
See also cloze procedure, reading age, Standardised Reading Tests
This group, written and timed test for the age-range 7.08–12.06 years (Heinemann, 1970) works on the cloze procedure principle.
Children fill in missing words in paragraphs with gaps. Supplying the omitted words involves young readers in applying syntactic and semantic cueing systems. They need to ask themselves – what would make sense and sounds and looks appropriate?
This is the complete article, containing 70 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page).
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