Glossary:Cloze deletion

cloze deletion (also: cloze question or cloze item) - an item in which part of the question was replaced by three dots and moved to the answer field (btw: there is no spelling error here; cloze is spelled with 'z'). For example:

Q: The highest literacy rate in Africa has been reached in ...(country)(1998)?
A: Tanzania

Cloze items can be a simple and effective remedy for item complexity. If you have items that persistently cause recall problems, try using cloze deletion. SuperMemo simplifies creating cloze deletions by providing options such as Reading : Remember cloze on the Component menu, or the cloze button on the Element toolbar as well as the Read toolbar: Remember cloze button on the Read toolbar. Read more: Incremental reading