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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes 2. He will give this question paper to the group of students which commits errors.
3. He will analyse the students’ answers and then arranges their causes.
Suppose, the students commit the following errors in solving the above questions :
(a) Some students do not take down the pairs of numbers while calculating square root.
(b) Some students do not pay attention to decimal point while making pairs.
(c) Some students do not add zero after decimal point to make pairs.
4. On the basis of the above errors, the teacher will classify the students and prepare their lists;
such as — the list of students who do not take down the pairs correctly, the list of students who
overlook the decimal point, and the list of students who do not add zero after decimal point to
make pairs.
5. After this, the teacher will formulate different types of hypotheses. These hypotheses will be
formulated on the basis of student-related hindering factors, teacher-related hindering factors,
home-related hindering factors and culture related hindering factors. Some of the student-
related and teacher-related hypotheses are given here, for illustration :
(i) The student is not attentive in the class.
(ii) The student thinks that mathematics is a difficult subject and overlooks to learn it.
(iii) There is no coordination between the rate of students’ learning and teacher’s teaching.
(iv) The student has not done sufficient exercise.
(v) The teaching method is not suitable.
(vi) The teacher has not made the students practice enough.
(vii) The teacher has not improved the errors in checking work.
In the same way, if the teacher considers it necessary, he can also formulate hypotheses about
curriculum-related, home-related, guardians-related and culture-related hindering factors.
6. The teacher will construct questions to test various types of hypotheses.
7. The teacher will select correct hypotheses by analysis of the answers to these questions.
8. At last, the teacher will conduct remedial teaching on the basis of correct hypotheses.
Self Assessment

1. State whether the following statements are ‘true or ‘false’.

(i) The diagnostic test is the test which is constructed in order to find out the causes of
failure of a student in learning a particular part of subject matter.
(ii) There is no difference between diagnostic test and achievement test.
(iii) A diagnostic test has no meaning until it suggests remedial teaching.
(iv) The time limit for diagnostic test is specified.
(v) There are many factors which hinder in learning.
27.7 Summary
• The teaching in schools is carried out in a planned way. In it, the teachers try to find out at
regular intervals how much the students have learnt out of what has been taught to them.
• The diagnostic test is the test which is constructed in order to find out the causes of failure
of a student or group of students in learning a particular part of subject matter taught to
them and with the help of which findings remedial suggestions are given.
• Following are the chief objectives of diagnostic tests :
• To provide educational and vocational guidance to students and guardians on the basis of
traits realized from specific subject-related learning unit.

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