
Announcement of Conference Presentations (August – September, 2016)
August 16, 2016
(Updated on September 9, 2016)
The Japan Institute for Educational Measurement, Inc. will give presentations at the following conferences.

▼The 21st Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics(PAAL 2016)
Fumiaki Nishihara from our research and development department will give a presentation as follows.
Presentation Title |
A Study Investigating the Relationship between L2 Writing and Critical Thinking Skills |
Presenters |
Keigo Niji [Chiba University (graduate school)], Fumiaki Nishihara [The Japan Institute for Educational Measurement, Inc.], Kyoko Oi [Seisen University] |
Presentation Language |
English |
Conference |
The 21st Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (PAAL 2016)
URL: http://paaljapan.org/conference2016/ |
Conference Dates |
August 22 (Mon) – August 24 (Wed), 2016 |
Venue |
Tamkang University (New Taipei City, Taiwan) |
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▼The JACET 55th (2016) International Convention(The Japan Association of College English Teachers)
Kyoko Takamura, Edward Kumar, and Shinji Yamanoi from our research and development department will give a presentation as follows.
Presentation Title |
Relating the Test of English for Academic Purposes, Computer-Based Test (TEAP-CBT) to the CEFR |
Presenters |
Kyoko Takamura, Edward Kumar, and Shinji Yamanoi [The Japan Institute for Educational Measurement, Inc.]; Mitsuru Homma [Eiken Foundation of Japan] |
Presentation Language |
English |
Conference |
The JACET 55th (2016) International Convention
(The Japan Association of College English Teachers)
URL: http://www.jacet.org/2016convention/ |
Conference Dates |
September 1 (Thu) – September 3 (Sat), 2016 |
Venue |
Hokusei Gakuen University (Sapporo City, Hokkaido) |
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▼The Japan Association for Research on Testing 14th Convention
Tsuyoshi Izumi from our research and development department will give a presentation as follows.
Presentation Title |
Analysis of written test data by IRT in the field of math and science (3)
---Eliciting the challenges in applying IRT by item parameters and ability parameters--- |
Presenters |
Tsuyoshi Izumi [The Japan Institute for Educational Measurement, Inc.],
Naoki Kuramoto [Tohoku University] |
Presentation Language |
Japanese |
Conference |
The Japan Association for Research on Testing 14th Convention
URL: http://www.ai.is.uec.ac.jp/jart2016/ |
Conference Dates |
September 8 (Thu) – September 9 (Fri), 2016 |
Venue |
The University of Electro-Communications (Chofu City, Tokyo) |
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▼The 20th JLTA Annual Conference (Japan Language Testing Association)
Kyoko Takamura, Edward Kumar, and Shinji Yamanoi from our research and development department will give a presentation as follows.
Presentation Title |
Relating the Speaking and Writing Sections of the Test of English for Academic Purposes, Computer-Based Test (TEAP-CBT) to the CEFR |
Presenters |
Kyoko Takamura, Edward Kumar, and Shinji Yamanoi [The Japan Institute for Educational Measurement, Inc.]; Keita Nakamura [Eiken Foundation of Japan] |
Presentation Language |
English |
Conference |
The 20th JLTA Annual Conference (Japan Language Testing Association)
URL: https://jlta.ac/?page_id=18 |
Conference Dates |
September 17 (Sat) – September 18 (Sun), 2016 |
Venue |
Tokai University Shonan Campus (Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture) |
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