Is cloze test more sensitive to discourse constraints than C-test?

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This study investigates the difference between cloze tests and C-tests from the perspective of sensitiveness to discourse constraints. The following tests were administered to college students (N=65): 32-item cloze test and 96-item C-test. Each test was given in both sequential and scrambled version. All tests were made from one narration-based, 700-word level prose passage, and each participant completed four types of tests. The results indicate the following: First, there ia a relatively high correlation between the cloze test and the C-test. Second, since the correlation between the two versions of the cloze test is lower than that of the two versions of the C-test, it can be said that the cloze test is more affected by the discourse constraints than the C-test. The present paper is concluded with an analysis of the difference of characteristics between the cloze test and the C-test.
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