In this paper we consider courses of a Computer Science degree in an Italian university from the year 2011 up to 2020. For each course, know number exams taken by students during given calendar and corresponding average grade; also normalized value result obtained entrance test distribution according gender. By using classification clustering techniques, analyze different data sets pre-processi...

Although numerous studies have approached the effects of exposure to a Western diet (WD) on academic outcomes, very few have focused on foods consumed during snack times. We explored whether there is a link between nutritious snacking habits and academic achievement in high school (HS) students from Santiago, Chile. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 678 adolescents. The nutritional qual...

Educational corruption is a relatively new area of study in economics due mainly to the lack of available data. This paper utilizes a unique data set to examine educational corruption of various types including bribing on exams and term papers as well as bribing to obtain credits and bribing to enter educational institutions. The data was gathered from 1588 students attending educational instit...

This article presents the participation of Synapse Développement to the CLEF 2014 Entrance Exam campaign (QA track). Since fifteen years, our company works on Question Answering domain. Recently our work concentrated on Machine Reading and Natural Language understanding. Thus, the Entrance Exam evaluation was an excellent opportunity to measure the results of this work. The developed system is ...

This article presents the participation of Synapse Développement to the CLEF 2014 Entrance Exam campaign (QA track). Since fifteen years, our company works on Question Answering domain. Recently our work concentrated on Machine Reading and Natural Language understanding. Thus, the Entrance Exam evaluation was an excellent opportunity to measure the results of this work. The developed system is ...

The early republican era official historiography in Turkey was affected by Eurocentrism, while at the same time criticizing it. This study scrutinizes knowledge structures about Africa examining secondary level national education Turkey. article analyzes history textbooks of Turkish system and university entrance exams. In article, effect Eurocentric approach on is discussed. this context, ways...

introduction: some students attribute their academic failure to such factors as low aptitude, unavailability of resources, and bad luck. however, we can dare to say that the most important factor playing a role in academic success is students’ little acquaintance with learning and study skills. this study aimed at examining the quality of study skills in newly-admitted students of fasa medical ...

Most students in Japan experience a wide range of language tests in their ten-year long language-learning career. These include tests in different situations, starting with classroom tests which range from short vocabulary tests to long end of term tests. Secondly there are university entrance exams, where the stakes are high. Finally there are optional proficiency tests such as the eiken grade...

This paper introduces a benchmark problem library for mechanized math technologies including computer algebra and automated theorem proving. The library consists of pre-university math problems taken from exercise problem books, university entrance exams, and the International Mathematical Olympiads. It thus includes problems in various areas of pre-university math and with a variety of difficu...