Author/Authors :
UYANIK, Gökhan Gazi Üniversitesi - Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Sınıf Öğretmenliği Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to recognize the appropriate cloze test that can be used to determine the 5th graders’ reading levels. Sub-problems are this study to determining the reading levels, separately every sixth, seventh and eight word was deleted cloze tests. The survey method was used in this study. The sample of the study is consist of purposefully selected 365 5th grade students from 6 primary schools in the district of Yenimahalle in Ankara. In order to collect data, in 2010-2011 academic year, suitable expository texts were selected from 5th grade Turkish textbooks published by the ministry of national education, separately every sixth, seventh, and every eighth word was deleted and a total of 50 spaces in the cloze tests were used. Results revealed that, in each of the three cloze tests, more than half of the students were at the frustrational level.
