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TEST COMPREHENSION LECTURE [3 records]

Record 1 2000-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A test which assesses a person's comprehension of a written passage by means of questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

La terminologie employée dans les sources consultées diffère d’un auteur à l’autre. Il ne semble pas y avoir d’expression consacrée en anglais comme en français.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

The Cloze test is used primarily to determine a students level of reading ability. After a student's reading level has been determined, a reading selection is taken from a book of like grade level. As is standard, every fifth word is removed and replaced by a blank space.

Key term(s)
  • close test
  • close readability test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Test où le sujet doit compléter les mots absents d’un texte dans le but de démontrer son niveau de compréhension de lecture.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Test de compréhension de la lecture à l'aide d’un texte lu mentalement.

Spanish

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