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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Cloze tests are widely used to assess text comprehension and are valuable in language learning.
  • Previous research hypothesized cognitive strategies in cloze tests and their links to working memory and performance.
  • No prior study had directly investigated cognitive visual strategies during cloze test performance in relation to working memory and outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify cognitive visual strategies employed during cloze tests using an unsupervised algorithm.
  • To analyze the relationship between these identified strategies, working memory capacity, and cloze test performance.
  • To investigate the largest sample to date for cognitive strategy studies in cloze tests.

Main Methods:

  • Employed eye-tracking technology on 51 university students performing an 11-item cloze test.
  • Administered verbal and visuospatial working memory tests.
  • Utilized unsupervised algorithms to analyze scanpath data and identify distinct cognitive strategies.

Main Results:

  • Identified two primary scanpath strategies: a 'global' strategy with fewer text-word bank toggles and fixations, and another less efficient strategy.
  • Developed a predictive model demonstrating that item complexity, employing a global strategy, and higher working memory scores were significant predictors of cloze test efficiency.
  • Confirmed the existence of a distinct global strategy in cloze test performance.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the hypothesis that a global cognitive strategy is associated with successful higher-order reading processes in cloze tests.
  • Working memory capacity and the use of a global strategy are crucial factors influencing performance in gap-filling comprehension tasks.
  • This research provides empirical evidence for distinct visual-cognitive strategies in text comprehension and their underlying mechanisms.