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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes • Psychological Testing
• Teaching at School as well as Higher Education, mostly, concentrates on giving information
which is not the sole objective of Teaching. Along with giving information, the other
objectives are :
• developing understanding and application of the concepts

• developing expression power
• developing reasoning and thinking power
• development of judgment and decision making ability
• With the present infrastructure, class size, availability of teachers, quality of teachers, training
of teachers etc., It is difficult to achieve all the objectives. Further, most of the teachers use
Lecture Method which does not have potentiality of achieving majority of above mentioned
objectives.
• The ICT can fill this gap because it can provide access to different sources of information. It
will provide correct information as comprehensive as possible in different formats with
different examples. ICT provides Online interaction facility. Students and teachers can
exchange their ideas and views, and get clarification on any topic from different experts,
practitioners, etc.
• The common observation is that the quality of teaching in the classroom is on the decline.
More and more students are depending on the private tutorial classes.
• Further, the following are the main advantages of Computer Based Diagnostic Test.
• They do not require any special setting or arrangement. The only requirement is computer
systems 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.
• There are some limitations of Computer Based Diagnostic Testing (CBDT). These are as
follows :
• The learner might find it uninteresting or monotonous as compared to paper pencil test.
• The teacher might find CBDT difficult to administer if he / she is not a computer savvy.
• It faces certain constraints, like, power cut, when it is being administered.
• The learner might not take it seriously as he / she is used to the traditional paper and
pencil tests.
• There are individual differences. Through research some correlates of academic achievement
have been studied. Rarely this information is used by school / college teachers.

25.10 Keywords

Information : Facts or details about somebody/something.
Technology : Scientific knowledge used in practical ways in any field.
Communication : The activity or process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving
people information

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