scholarly journals Implementing online language exams within the Spanish National University Entrance Examination: The PAULEX Universitas Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 68-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Gimeno-Sanz ◽  
Jose Macario de Siqueira
Keyword(s):  
Entrance Examination ◽  
National University ◽  
University Entrance Examination

scholarly journals The reality of Vietnamese language teaching and Vietnamese Studies education in Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh Thi Hong Le
Keyword(s):  
Language Teaching ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Second Languages ◽  
National University ◽  
Supply Capacity ◽  
Vietnamese Studies ◽  
University Entrance Examination

Over 20 years of Korea-Vietnam relationship, Korea has become the biggest investor in Vietnam, and Vietnam the forth on the list of Korea’s most important partners. There are over 135,000 Koreans living in Vietnam and out of 123,000 Vietnamese living and working in Korea, there are 40,000 Vietnamese wives to Korean husbands. Currently, in Korea there are 4 universities that have faculties or departments of the Vietnamese language or of Vietnamese Studies, with a large number of alumni who have successfully found jobs. Demand is higher than supply capacity. Vietnamese proficiency is not only essential to Koreans living and working in Vietnam and Korea-based companies with Vietnamese employees but also will be valuable to children of thousands of Korean-Vietnamese families in the coming years. The Ministry of Education of Korea has just announced a policy stating that the Vietnamese language will be one of the eight second languages in the national university entrance examination, which will bring to Vietnamese language teaching new opportunities and prospects.

scholarly journals The validity of Iran’s national university entrance examination (Konkoor) for predicting medical students’ academic performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasin Farrokhi-Khajeh-Pasha ◽  
Saharnaz Nedjat ◽  
Aeen Mohammadi ◽  
Elaheh Malakan Rad ◽  
Reza Majdzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
National University ◽  
University Entrance Examination

Tracking and Targeting: Investigating Item Performance on the English Section of a University Entrance Examination over a 4-Year Period

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Christopher Weaver ◽  
Yoko Sato
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Measurement Theory ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
University Admissions ◽  
Entrance Examinations ◽  
National University

This empirical study introduces population targeting and cut-off point targeting as a systematic approach to evaluating the performance of items in the English section of university entrance examinations. Using Rasch measurement theory, we found that the item difficulty and the types of items in a series of national university entrance examinations varied considerably over a 4-year period. However, there was progress towards improved test performance in terms of an increased number of items assessing different language skills and content areas as well as an increased number targeting test takers’ knowledge of English. This study also found that productive items rather than receptive items better targeted test takers’ overall knowledge of English. Moreover, productive items were more consistently located around the probable cut point for university admissions. The paper concludes with a detailed account of a number of probable factors that could influence item performance, such as the use of rating scales. 本論文では、ある国立大学における大学入試の英語の問題の変化を実証的に検証したものである。テスト項目の結果を検証するための体系的なアプローチとして、「母集団を対象としたアプローチ」および「足きり点を対象としたアプローチ」という方法を導入した。ラッシュ・モデリングを用いて分析した結果、過去４年間の間に、項目の困難度および項目の型について、様々な技能を測定していること、内容も多様であること、英語の知識を検証している項目が増えたこと、などの点で大きく変化していることがわかった。さらに、産出能力の方が受容能力を測定する項目よりも入学者決定の際の足きり点の周辺に収束する傾向が見られた。項目ごとの成績に影響を及ぼす可能性のある多様な要因について詳細な検討を行った。

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