The writers begin with their general view and theory of evaluation. The scale of evaluation is perhaps the most important element in the whole setting of evaluation. When the object of evaluation is a person, an institution, a big project or the like no-simple object, what kind of scales should we employ?
The nominal scale which has been least frequently considered in the science and engineering of measurement, should be given a more prominent place in the evaluation of no-simple, abstract entities. Some new methods of evaluation in engineering courses are practical examples of the writers' measurement-theoretic approach for the choice of an appropriate scale in evaluating students.

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In order to improve self-sufficiency and quick adaptability of foreign students in technological research works, a practical method is developed, in which the teaching method of Technical Japanese is improved by a local network of personal computers linked to the internet. Such a support system is employed because of its ease of use for engineering students.
This method is effective for obtaining academic information and for learning Technical Japanese. Also, it has been proved that foreign students are provided opportunities for exchanging information and communicating among themselves, if they could use various electronic media at any time for technological research works. This system makes students confident and boosts their works effectively.

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The World Solar Challenge is the most renowned solar car race in the world. Since 1987 it is held once in three years in Australia. For the first time we challenged in the 4th WSC 1996. We crossed the entire continent from the North to the South, and placed 10th in the whole classification and got the 3rd prize in the 2 seater class. Our team had thirteen members mainly of the fifth and the forth years of "Kohsen" (about 18-20 years old students), besides post-graduate researcher, graduates and professors. They planned, designed and manufactured the new machine "Ikuei Neo II". We are proud that many students and graduates cooperated positively with us on this project. We hereby present this abstract on the "Ikuei Neo II" solar car, the racing event and its records.

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