2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Reseach Development of Methods Improving Questions in University Entrance Examinations by using Computers
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10359005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | The National Center for University Entrance Examinations (2001)
National Center Test for University Admissions (1998-2000) |
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Principal Investigator |
HUZII Mituaki NCUEE, Vice President, Professor, 副所長・教授(試験・研究統括官) (70016343)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIKATA Yoshihiro Meijyou Univ., Fac. Sci., Professor, 理学部, 教授 (50028114)
IWATSUBO Shuichi NCUEE, Res. Div., Professor, 研究開発部, 教授 (20141997)
YANAI Haruo NCUEE, Res. Div., Professor, 研究開発部, 教授 (60010055)
TAGURI Masaaki Chiba Univ., Fac. Sci., Dean, Professor, 理学部, 理学部長・教授 (10009607)
MAYEKAWA Shin-ichi Tokyo Inst. Tech., Grad. Sch., Profssor, 大学院・社会理工学研究科, 教授 (70190288)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2001
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| Keywords | multiple choice test / development of test-questions / distributions of answers / item response theory / principal component analysis / 多岐選択法 |
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| Research Abstract |
(1)Effective information in the development of test-questions We obtained many comments from professors of universities, who had enough experiences in the development of test-questions, on information which would be helpful in the development of questions. Using these comments, we tried to construct a system, which supports the development of test-questions, by using computers. The system contains a) distributions of answers, correlations between two questions, etc. for each classification of applicants and b) more advanced analysises by using, e.g., principal component analysis, item response theory. And we designed to connect the system with database of test-questions in the past examinations.
(2)Improvement of multiple choice test We tried to improve the multiple choice test in order to evaluate the process of consideration of an applicant as much as possible. We considered many methods and, finaly, proposed a method, which will be applicable for constructing questions in Mathematics. We made an experiment to examine the effectiveness of this method. Also we made comparisons between the multiple choice test and the written test by using high school students in order to clarify features of the multiple choice test.
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