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Unit–21: ICT in Eductaion

• They do not require any special setting or arrangement. The only requirement is computer systems Notes
and software.
• The student can use it even from home if made available on school website.
• They do not need any special assistance from teacher. Unlike the paper-pencil test, it does not require
paper setting and paper correction on the part of the teacher.
• It saves time on the part of the teacher and students.
• The feedback is given immediately after the test is over, which gives an intrinsic reinforcement to
the student.
• The student finds it more interesting and motivating as compared to the paper-pencil diagnostic

test.
• It can be updated from time to time.
• It is economical in terms of money as it requires only one time investment.

(b) Use of ICT in Evaluation

The ICT can be made use in the evaluation. One such attempt has been made by Sansanwal and Dahiya
(2006) who developed Computer Based Test in Research Methodology and Statistics. It has been titled
as Test your Understanding: Research Methods and Statistics. This test can be used by individual
student to evaluate his learning. The student can instantaneously get the feedback about the status of
his understanding. If the answer is wrong, he even can get the correct answer. It goes a long way in
improving the learning and teacher has no role to play in it. It is left up to students to use it. Such tests
can be uploaded on the website for wider use. The students from other institutes can also make use of it.
Not only the students even the teachers can also use it to assess their own understanding of the subject.
If used by teachers before teaching the topic, they can prepare the topic properly. Such software can be
used for internal assessment. Thus, ICT can be used to improve the quality of pre as well as in-service
teacher’s training.

(c) Use of ICT in Psychological Testing

There are individual differences. Through research some correlates of academic achievement have
been studied. Rarely this information is used by school/college teachers. Many of them even do not
know about such researches. Even if they know, they do not make use of it at the time of forming
the groups for different academic activities. One of the major reasons is that the school/college does
not have a trained psychologists who can assess the students on some of the correlates of academic
achievement. Further, the psychological testing is laborious and involves money and time. Even the
appropriate psychological tests are not available. This is the age of digital technology. It can be used to
digitalize all the psychological tests including the scoring and evaluation. The same may be available
on the website and students and teachers can use them whenever required. Even student can use
it individually and can share the result with the teacher who can help the student to improve his
academic performance.

The digitalized psychological tests will be easy to use and economical also. Thus ICT can
be used in psychological testing also.

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