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Guidance and counseling

Notes Self Assesment

1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) _____ is a selected list of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs following which an observer
records a value.
(ii) _____ is used overcome the shortcoming of evaluator to not watch his findings with any
degree of certainty.
(iii) The first step is fixing the _____ for a scale is rating scale.
(iv) _____ marks are associated with certain indicators.
(v) Students are ranked by the evaluator according to their ability or performance in a _____ .

28.6 Summary

• Rating scale has been devised to measure the presonality 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.
• Opinions are usually expressed on a scale of values. Rating techniques are devices by which
such judements may be qualified.
• Rating scales are of different types. The main ones as follows
• This method is widely used. A straight line is drawn and divided into many parts. In each
part, a number of adjectives are written. The evaluator has to mark any one of these.
• Miliford has evolved the following principles for making a graphic scale mentioned as fellows:
(i) Length of the line should be about 5 inches.
(ii) The line should be not be cut into pieces.
(iii) Three to five adjectives should be used : Two superior one natural and two inferior.
(iv) Average or nautral words should be in the middle
(v) Divisions on the line should be equidistant
• In this method, marks are associated with cartain in dicators. Students get marks on the basis
of abilities, for example, there point scale five point scale, seven point scale.
• It is a statistical technique. In this method, ranks are mentioned is the descending order.
• In this method, each person is compared with others in the group. Thereafter the findings are
statistically analyzed and the individuals arranged on the scale according to their comparative
• It has been observed that in the descriptive and illustrative. Comparative order determination
the evaluator can not watch for his finding with any degrees of certainty.
• The first step is fixing the number of graduations for a scale. If the graduations are few, the
evaluator does not get the chance to make fine distinctions. But it the number of gradations is
increased than probably the evaluator will not be able to use all of them.
• Instructions for the use of rating scales should be clear.
• The evaluator should be trained and intalligant.
• This method acquints the teacher with a student’s working.
• By Compiling a student’s progress report, it helps parents to know about there childs abilities
further on its bases, a students rank is the class can be menthoned.

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