The article presents the experiments carried out as part of the participation in Recognizing Inference in Text (NTCIR-9 RITE) @NTCIR9 for Japanese.NTCIR-9 RITE has four subtasks, Binary-class (BC) subtask, Multi-class (MC) subtask, Entrance Exam and NTCIR-9 RITE4QA. We have submitted a total of three unique runs (Run 1, Run 2 and Run 3) in the BC subtask and one run each in the MC Subtask, Entr...

INTRODUCTION Medical schools worldwide are faced with the challenge of selecting from among many qualified applicants. One factor that might help admissions committees identify future exceptional medical students is scores on standardized entrance exams. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between scores on the most commonly used standardized medical school entrance exam ...

background: temporomandibular joint is one of the most complicated joints of the body and plays an important role in the head and neck system. one of the factors affecting the temporomandibular joint and lead to temporomandibular disorder is anxiety with all the events causing it. the aim of this study was to determine a relationship between anxiety and temporomandibular disorders. materials an...

In order to decrease inequalities in tertiary education attendance, many Brazilian public institutions implemented affirmative action policies the last decades. particular, a bonus policy was at UFMG 2009, which substituted by quota 2012. Besides, other also this and universities Brazil may have had an indirect effect of promoting increase minorities’ such as Restructuring Expansion Federal Uni...

The present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the TEFL MA University Entrance Exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. The TEFL MA UEE consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...

Examining the effect of high-stakes tests on learners’ perceptions has been one of the strands of washback-related research. The present study purported to investigate the washback effect of the English section of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam (henceforth INUEE) on the pre-university students’ perceptions about the high-stakes test. The participants of the study were 218 female ...

This study aimed at investigating differential item functioning (DIF) on the Special English Test of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam (INUEE). The effect of gender and subject area was taken into account. The study utilized one-parameter IRT model with a sample of 36000 students who sat for the INUEE Special English Test in 2004 and/or 2005. The findings confirmed the presence of D...

This study aims at discovering whether university entrance exam (UEE), a high-stake selection test in Iran, influences the high school and pre-university EFL teachers` methodology and test development. The participants of this study included thirty high school and pre-university EFL teachers who were randomly selected from ten different schools. To answer the research questions, five types of m...