Cloze deletions often create frustrations in non-technical mnemonic texts

Cloze deletion prompts seem to produce less understanding than question-answer pairs in spaced repetition memory systems

Idea-centric memory system

GPT-3 can transform cloze deletion prompts into question-answer prompts

GPT-4 can probably estimate whether one prompt will spoil retrieval of another

Cloze deletions can be used to create typical two-sided flashcards

Wylie, R., & Chi, M. T. H. (2014). The Self-Explanation Principle in Multimedia Learning. In R. E. Mayer (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (2nd ed., pp. 413–432)

Taylor, W. L. (1953). “Cloze Procedure”: A New Tool for Measuring Readability. Journalism Quarterly, 30(4), 415–433

# Cloze deletion

Introduced in [[z3XxxRTPi588HtWJq1hFioP:::Taylor, W. L. (1953). “Cloze Procedure”: A New Tool for Measuring Readability. Journalism Quarterly, 30(4), 415–433]].

I typically run into this concept in the context of [[z2D1qPwddPktBjpNuwYFVva:::Spaced repetition memory system]], which have somewhat distorted the term.

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