Data collected supported the conclusion that this may not be the case. The study produced only a four percent increase in the mean of the treatment group as compared with the control group. In this study, cloze sheets were not especially helpful to students with a history of consistently high academic achievement. I did not find this surprising. In my experience, by the time a student reaches seventh grade, those who receive superior grades often do not need additional external motivators to ensure that course requirements, such as reading assignments, are completed.
Much research remains to be done on the use of cloze procedure for instructional purposes.
A majority of published articles on cloze procedure concern the use of cloze for text selection and readability. Few studies address using modified cloze procedure as an instructional tool, especially with middle school populations. It must be something you're truly interested in and can't find in the literature. The use of reading study guides to enhance the readability of high school biology texts . The validity of informal reading comprehension measure.