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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 28: Rating Scale

Unit 28: Rating Scale Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
28.1 Rating Scale
28.2 Types of Rating Scale
28.3 Suggestions for the Construction of Rating Scale
28.4 Advantages of Rating Scale
28.5 Disadvantages of Rating Scale
28.6 Summary
28.7 Keywords
28.8 Review Questions
28.9 Further Reading

Objectives

After reading this unit students will be able to:

• Explain the rating scale
• Discuss the types of rating scale
• Explain the suggestions for the Construction of rating scale
• Discuss the advantages of and disadvantages of rating scale

Introduction

In this technique presence or absence of a particular type of behaviour or trait in a person is rated
in terms of quantity and quality. You might be rating your students’ performance, handwriting,
habits and many other aspects in your day-to-day teaching.
The rater, who has observed the individual in a number of situations, gives his judgements. In a
rating scheme each student is judged on the same general traits and judgements.

28.1 Rating Scale

Rating scale has been devised to measure the personality of an individual. It is also helpless of
procuring objectives information through classification. In this field of education, a teacher can
improve his teaching through classification. He can affect modifications in the syllabus according to
the requrevat of the students and also bring about necessary administrative improvements at the
school level. In industried organization, this method is used while giving promotions and increments
to their employes. Through this method we can also systemalize expression of opinion on a specific
objectives.
According to Wright Stone, Rating scale is a selected list of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs
following which an observer records a value or rating based upon some objective scale of values. In
the words of A.S. Barr and his Colleagues.

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