This paper discusses the importance of a well-written college English final exam within a university at the end of each semester, the directive function of such an exam, the valuable informative feedback of the detail...This paper discusses the importance of a well-written college English final exam within a university at the end of each semester, the directive function of such an exam, the valuable informative feedback of the detailed scores, the necessity and importance of informing students of the general format of the exam and types of items as early as possible. It also deals with the importance of formative evaluation, the functions of regular scores, problems in retests that test-makers should pay attention to and the different organizations of test-makers.展开更多
This study investigated the relationship between learning styles preferences of English as foreign language (EFL)college students from three different achievement levels and to explore whether there is statistically s...This study investigated the relationship between learning styles preferences of English as foreign language (EFL)college students from three different achievement levels and to explore whether there is statistically significantdifference between different achievement levels and different learning styles. A total of 120 EFL freshman collegestudents from high, intermediate, and basic levels in Taiwan participated in the present study. Using a learning stylepreference checklist, students’ perceptional learning styles were first explored in terms of preferences. 120participants with different levels were classified based on their English scores on College Entrance Exam. With theuse of descriptive statistics and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), the results indicated that specificlearning style preference correlated with certain achievement levels of students. Students with differentachievement levels preferred significantly certain style preference to other style comparing to other achievementlevels. It seems that learning styles preferences may not definitely relate to a student’s achievement levels. Certainvariables may also probably affect learning style preferences with respect to English performance.展开更多
Jiang Fangzhou has ink in her veins.She published her first book at 9, and waselected chairwoman of China’s YouthWriters Association at middle school. Nowshe has scaled even more dizzy heights bybeing admitted to the...Jiang Fangzhou has ink in her veins.She published her first book at 9, and waselected chairwoman of China’s YouthWriters Association at middle school. Nowshe has scaled even more dizzy heights bybeing admitted to the prestigious展开更多
The college entrance examination, usually called gaokao in China, is considered the most important test for middle school graduates. It’s the test that makes or breaks the futures of students as the outcome determines
Late June in China is the time of year when the national college entrance examination results are announced and the whole country is whipped into a frenzy. Because of the competition and pressure on students for top u...Late June in China is the time of year when the national college entrance examination results are announced and the whole country is whipped into a frenzy. Because of the competition and pressure on students for top university openings, those who score展开更多
This year, China’s national college entrance examination saw a decrease in can- didates, with some provinces registering a substantial 10-percent drop. For years, the number of candidates had risen steadily. Accordin...This year, China’s national college entrance examination saw a decrease in can- didates, with some provinces registering a substantial 10-percent drop. For years, the number of candidates had risen steadily. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, the number展开更多
A new expectation-maximization（EM） algorithm is proposed to estimate the parameters of the truncated multinormal distribution with linear restriction on the variables. Compared with the generalized method of moments...A new expectation-maximization（EM） algorithm is proposed to estimate the parameters of the truncated multinormal distribution with linear restriction on the variables. Compared with the generalized method of moments（GMM） estimation and the maximum likelihood estimation（MLE） for the truncated multivariate normal distribution, the EM algorithm features in fast calculation and high accuracy which are shown in the simulation results. For the real data of the national college entrance exams（NCEE）, we estimate the distribution of the NCEE examinees＇ scores in Anhui, 2003, who were admitted to the university of science and technology of China（USTC）. Based on our analysis, we have also given the ratio truncated by the NCEE admission line of USTC in Anhui, 2003.展开更多
文摘This paper discusses the importance of a well-written college English final exam within a university at the end of each semester, the directive function of such an exam, the valuable informative feedback of the detailed scores, the necessity and importance of informing students of the general format of the exam and types of items as early as possible. It also deals with the importance of formative evaluation, the functions of regular scores, problems in retests that test-makers should pay attention to and the different organizations of test-makers.
文摘This study investigated the relationship between learning styles preferences of English as foreign language (EFL)college students from three different achievement levels and to explore whether there is statistically significantdifference between different achievement levels and different learning styles. A total of 120 EFL freshman collegestudents from high, intermediate, and basic levels in Taiwan participated in the present study. Using a learning stylepreference checklist, students’ perceptional learning styles were first explored in terms of preferences. 120participants with different levels were classified based on their English scores on College Entrance Exam. With theuse of descriptive statistics and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), the results indicated that specificlearning style preference correlated with certain achievement levels of students. Students with differentachievement levels preferred significantly certain style preference to other style comparing to other achievementlevels. It seems that learning styles preferences may not definitely relate to a student’s achievement levels. Certainvariables may also probably affect learning style preferences with respect to English performance.
文摘Jiang Fangzhou has ink in her veins.She published her first book at 9, and waselected chairwoman of China’s YouthWriters Association at middle school. Nowshe has scaled even more dizzy heights bybeing admitted to the prestigious
文摘The college entrance examination, usually called gaokao in China, is considered the most important test for middle school graduates. It’s the test that makes or breaks the futures of students as the outcome determines
文摘Late June in China is the time of year when the national college entrance examination results are announced and the whole country is whipped into a frenzy. Because of the competition and pressure on students for top university openings, those who score
文摘This year, China’s national college entrance examination saw a decrease in can- didates, with some provinces registering a substantial 10-percent drop. For years, the number of candidates had risen steadily. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, the number
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.11571337,11271347,71172214)
文摘A new expectation-maximization（EM） algorithm is proposed to estimate the parameters of the truncated multinormal distribution with linear restriction on the variables. Compared with the generalized method of moments（GMM） estimation and the maximum likelihood estimation（MLE） for the truncated multivariate normal distribution, the EM algorithm features in fast calculation and high accuracy which are shown in the simulation results. For the real data of the national college entrance exams（NCEE）, we estimate the distribution of the NCEE examinees＇ scores in Anhui, 2003, who were admitted to the university of science and technology of China（USTC）. Based on our analysis, we have also given the ratio truncated by the NCEE admission line of USTC in Anhui, 2003.
