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Sugino, N., Nakano, M., Shimizu, Y., Shojima, K., Yamakawa, K., & Ohba, H. (Aug. 2013) The 18th Pan-pacific
Association of
 Applied Linguistics (PAAL), p.H-1.

Calibration of national center test items against the common European framework of reference for languages

Presentation

Ohba, H., Yamakawa, K., Shimizu, Y., Sugino, N., & Nakano, M. (Aug. 2012) The JACET International Conference

ProceedingsThe JACET 51st International Convention.

What can Latent Rank Theory contribute to SLA research?

Proceedings

Sugino, N., Shojima, S., Shimizu, Y., Nakano, M., Yamakawa, K., & Ohba, H. (July 2012) The 38th annual meeting of the Japan Society of

English Language Education (JASELE)

A longitudinal comparison of Japanese EFL learners' proficiency measured by the NCUEE Tests

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Ohba, H. (June 2012) The 12th annual conference of the Japan Second Language Association (Tokyo, Japan), P.25.

Japanese EFL learners’ acquisition of relative clauses revisited: The application of “latent rank theory”

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Ohba, H., Sugino, N., Shojima, K., Yamakawa, K., Shimizu, Y., & Nakano, M. (Dec. 2011) The 2nd Combined Conference of the

ALAA-ALANZ (The Australian National University, Canberra), P.109.

Acquisition of relative clauses and wh-questions in English by Japanese speakers: The application of the Latent Rank Theory

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Presentation

Sugino, N., Shojima, K., Shimizu, Y., Ohba, H., Nakano, M., & Yamakawa, K. (Oct, 2011) The 37th annual meeting of the Japan Curriculum

Research and Development Association (Okinawa, Japan)

Differences in achievement levels among Japanese EFL Learners:

An analysis of the NCUEE tests results by latent rank theory (Pp.204-207)

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Akiyama, M., Kimura, T., & Shojima, K. (Sep, 2011) The 9th annual meeting of the Jpn. Assoc. for Research on Testing (Okayama, Japan)

Development of CAT-based on latent rank theory and its simulation study (Pp.146-147)

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Kimura, T. & Nagaoka, K. (Sep, 2011) The 9th annual meeting of the Japan Association for Research on Testing (Okayama, Japan)

Computer adaptive test based on latent rank theory (Pp.138-141)

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Shojima, K. Sep. 2011 The 9th annual meeting of the Japan Association for Research on Testing (Okayama, Japan), Pp.124-125.

Local dependence model in latent rank theory

Koyama, Y. & Kimura, T. (Sep. 2011) The 50th Convention of The Japan Association of College English Teachers (Fukuoka, Japan)

Linking Can-do Statements with Language Tests Using Neural Test Theory

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Presentation

Akiyama, M., Kimura, T., & Shojima, K. (July 2011) The 34th Japan Language Testing Association Study Seminar

Development of NTT-based CAT and its characteristics by simulation

Shojima, K. (July 2011) The 34th Japan Language Testing Association Study Seminar

Test Theories for the Construction of Cando Statements

Miyamoto, M., Mori, Y., Miyazaki, A., Kubota, T., Yoneda, H., & Suzuki, K. (Aug. 2010) The 8th Annual Meeting of The Japan

Associationfor Research on Testing (Tokyo, Japan), Pp.106-109.

Analysis of the performance tests (OSCE) by using item response theory (IRT) and neural test theory (NTT)

Proceedings

Presentation

Kimura, T. (Aug. 2010) The 8th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for Research on Testing (Tokyo, Japan), Pp.102-105.

An analysis of testlet items in English reading comprehension tests from the NTT perspective

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J X)

Sugino, N., Yamakawa, K., Ohba, H., Shojima, K., Shimizu, Y., & Nakano, M. (Dec. 2010) The 4th Centre for Language Studies (CLS)

International Conference (Orchard Hotel, Singapore), Pp.756-765.

Developing the can-do system based on the NCUEE Test results: An application of the Neural Test Theory

Proceedings

Presentation

Nakano, M. (Aug. 2010) The 15th International Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (PAAL)

(Hanyang Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea), Pp.6-26.

Keynote Speech: Pedagogical issues and some solutions by information communication technology (ICT) and recent testing theory

(neural test theory: NTT)-A case study in world Englishes and miscommunication course.

Sugino, N., Yamakawa, K., Nakano, M., Ohba, H., Shimizu, Y., & Shojima, K. (Aug. 2010) The 15th International Conference of

Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (PAAL) (Hanyang Womens University, Seoul, South Korea), Pp.418-425.

A rank vs. Cluster conflict: Or, is it just an artifact?

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Presentation

Yamakawa, K., Sugino, N., Shimizu, Y., Ohba, H., & Nakano, M. (Mar. 2010) The 2010 Conference of The American Association

for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) (Atlanta, USA)

The possibility of the application of neural test theory to SLA research.

Presentation

Report (J)

Kimura, T. (Sep. 2009) The 13th Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association (Sapporo, Japan), P.23.

Case studies of stage assessment in language tests: Analyses of an entrance examination and a placement test data

Proceedings (J) 

Presentation (J X)

Matsumiya, I. & Shojima, K. (Dec. 2009) The 7th Annual Meeting of The Japan Association for Research on Testing (Nagoya, Japan)

Making a subject-based can-do table using neural test theory (Pp.232-233)

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Presentation (J X)

The 7th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for Research on Testing (Dec. 2009; Nagoya, Japan)

Session “Neural test theory”

   Organizer

 Ryuichi Kumagai

(Niigata University)

   Chair

 Takamitsu Hashimoto

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

   Presenters

Kojiro Shojima

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Neural test theory: A test theory for qualifying tests (Pp.70-73)

 Ryuichi Kumagai

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

(Niigata University)

DIF index in neural test theory (Pp.64-65)

 Satoshi Usami

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J X)

(The University of Tokyo, JSPS Research Fellow)

Constructing Application Model Based on NTT: Mainly for paired comparison model and mulitidimensional model (Pp.68-69)

 Tetsuo Kimura

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J X)

(Niigata Seiryo University)

Neural test theory in practice: A two-step analysis of an English placement test (Pp.66-67)

Matsumiya, I. & Shojima, K. (Aug. 2009) The 37th Annual Meeting of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan (Oita, Japan), Pp.58-59.

Making a can-do table using neural test theory

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J X)

Shojima, K. (July 2009) International Meeting of the Psychometric Society 2009 (Univ. of Cambridge, UK), P.112.

Neural test theory model for graded response data

Presentation

Kimura, T. (Dec. 2008) The 29th JLTA (Japan Language Testing Association) Research Meeting in Okinawa

A pilot study to develop a moodle-based in-house English placement test for Japanese university students

from an IRT and an NTT perspective.

Presentation (J X)

The 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology (Oct. 2008; Tokyo, Japan)

Symposium “Neural test theory: A test standardization methodology for graded evaluation”

   Organizer

 Norio Suzuki

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

   Chair

 Tomoya Okubo

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations, JSPS Research Fellow)

   Presenters

 Kojiro Shojima

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

 

 Takamitsu Hashimoto

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

 

 Ryuichi Kumagai

(Niigata University)

   Commenter

 Kenpei Shiina

(Waseda University)

Shojima, K. (Sep. 2008) The 72nd Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association (Hokkaido, Japan)

Short Lecture “Neural test theory: A test standardization theory for administering a qualifying test” (P.L19)

Presentation (J)

Shojima, K. (Sep. 2008) The 72nd Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association (Hokkaido, Japan), P.446.

Model-fit indices in neural test theory

Proceedings

Kimura, T. (Sep. 2008) The 12th Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association (Mito, Japan), P.21.

A pilot study to develop a moodle-based in-house English placement test for Japanese university students

from an IRT and an NTT perspective

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J X)

Shojima, K. (Sep. 2008) The 36th Annual Meeting of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan (Tokyo, Japan), Pp.179-180.

Structural neurofield mapping: Latent rank model for multivariate data

Proceedings

Presentation (J)

Hashimoto, T. & Shojima, K. (Sep. 2008) The 36th Annual Meeting of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan (Tokyo, Japan), Pp.85-86.

Item analysis by neural test theory when number of latent ranks is set to 2

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

The 6th Annual Meeting of The Japan Association for Research on Testing (Tokyo, Japan)

    Research Session “Neural test theory”

   Chair

 Shojima, K.

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

   Presenters

 Shojima, K.

 Proceedings

 Presentation (J)

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

The batch-type neural test model: A latent rank model with the mechanism of generative topographic mapping (Pp.62-65)

 

 Hashimoto, T & Shojima, K.

 Proceedings (J)

 Presentation (J)

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Using neural test theory for selective examinations (Pp.66-69)

 

 Arai, S.1, Hashimoto, T. & Shojima, K.

 Proceedings (J)

 Presentation (J)

(1 Tokyo Institute of Technology)

An evaluation of concurrent calibration under neural test model using a

real data (Pp.70-71)

 

 Kumagai, R., Goto, J., & Nakaune, N.

(Niigata University)

 

 Matsumiya, I.1 & Shojima, K.

 Proceedings (J)

 Presentation (J)

(1 Nagaoka Daiyon Junior High School)

Academic ability changes of middle school students in Japanese and Mathematics from various perspectives of subtest latent ranks (Pp.132-133)

Shojima, K. (July 2008) International Meeting of the Psychometric Society 2008 (Univ. of NH, USA), P.70.

Neural test theory: A nonparametric test theory using the mechanism of a self-organizing map

Proceedings

Presentation

Education Policy Data Analysis Seminar (Jun. 2008, The National Institute for Educational Policy Research, Japan)

Chair

Koyo Yamamori

(The National Institute for Educational Policy Research)

Speech

Kojiro Shojima

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Neural test theory: Theory and application to Japan’s National Achievement Test

Meeting “Current Issues on Testing” (Mar. 2008; Tokyo, Japan)

Chair

Tatsuo Otsu

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Lecture

Brian Junker

(Carnegie Mellon University)

Navigating ethical and compliance issues in developing causal conclusions from randomized field trials in education: A case study

Short Speech

Kojiro Shojima

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Neural test theory: A nonparametric test theory using the mechanism of a self-organizing map

Yamakawa, O. & Shojima, K. (Dec. 2007) The 5th Meeting of the Japan Society for Educ. Tech. (Kumamoto, Japan), Pp.223-226.

A comparison between item response theory and neural test theory

Proceedings (J)

Workshop “Neural Test Theory” (Nov. 2007; Tokyo, Japan)

Chair

Tomoya Okubo

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations, JSPS Research Fellow)

Presenters

Kojiro Shojima

Presentation (J)

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Neural test theory: Importance of latent rank theory

 

Takamitsu Hashimoto

Presentation (J)

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Neutet: A software for computing item reference profiles of neural test theory for binary response data

 

Ryuichi Kumagai

Presentation (J X)

(Niigata University)

Item characteristic index and parameter estimation in NTT when considering discrete variable IRT

Commenter

Tatsuo Otsu

(The National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

Shojima, K. (Sep. 2007) The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Educational Technology (Saitama, Japan), Pp.645-646.

Neural test theory for rank-ordered response data

Proceedings

Presentation (J)

Shojima, K. Sep. 2007 The 5th annual meeting of the Japan Association for Research on Testing (Tokyo, Japan), Pp.174-177.

Neural test theory

Proceedings (J)

Presentation (J)

Shojima, K. (July 2007) International Meeting of the Psychometric Society 2007 (Tokyo, Japan), P.160.

Neural test theory

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