cloze-procedure

A cloze procedure is a language-learning technique in which passages of text have words removed at regular intervals, and learners must supply the missing words from context. It carves the method by its parameters: systematic deletion (typically every 5th–7th word or all function words), the constraint that replacements be grammatically consistent with the surrounding syntax, and the assessment function whereby correct recalls measure retention and comprehension. It persists through classroom practice, standardized testing protocols, and the teaching methodology that treats recall-from-partial-text as a proxy for deep encoding. [formal: clausura | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]