Diagnostic test

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1. DIAGNOSTIC TEST Dr. R. Sasipriya Assistant Professor in Physical Science V.O.C. College of Education Thoothukudi

2. CONTENT Introduction Diagnostic test Functions Characteristic of diagnostic test Preparation Diagnostic Assessment Ideas Types of diagnostic test Construction of diagnostic test preparation of the scoring and marking scheme Strategies for remedial teaching Advantage Disadvantage Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION A diagnostic test is a test designed to locate specific learning deficiencies in case of specific individuals at a specific stage of learning so that specific efforts could be made to overcome those deficiencies .

4. DIAGNOSTIC TEST Diagnostic test is a type of assessment given at the beginning of the instruction. It aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the students regarding the topic to be discussed.

5. FUNCTIONS To direct curriculum emphasis To provide for educational guidance of pupil To simulate the learning activities of pupils To direct and motivate administrative and supervisory efforts.

6. CHARACTERISTIC The sub test used to access each of these skills must represent a valid measure. Each subject must have high reliability. The correlation among subject must be low.

7. PREPARATION Planning Writing items Assembling test Reviewing the test Providing directions and preparing scoring key

8. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IDEAS Test/Quiz Criteria for success Achievement of curriculum expectations May use standardized testing

9. TYPES OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST Pre-tests (on content and abilities) Self-assessments(identify skills and competencies) Discussion board responses(on content specific prompts) Interviews(brief,private,10-minute interview of each student)

10. C ONSTRUCTION OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST Identification of the problem areas Detailed content analysis Listing all the learning points in the logical sequences Writing test items for each learning point Clubbing the items around the learning points

11. Providing clear instructions Preparing a scoring key and a marking key Providing the time limit as required by individual students Administration of the test

12. PREPARING THE SCORING KEY AND MARKING SCHEME Scoring key is prepared the objective type questions and marking schemes made for the essay and short answers.

13. SCORING KEY Q .No Answer Marks 1 A 1 2 C 1 3 D 1 4 B 1

14. MARKING SCHEME Q. No Value points Marks Total marks 1 Value point-1 Value point-2 Value point-3 Value point-4 1 1 1 1 4 2 Value point-1 Value point-2 Value point-3 Value point-4 1 1 1 1 4

15. STRATEGIES FOR REMEDIAL TEACHING Individual tutorial Auto instructional learning Group tutorial teaching Class teaching Informal teachings

16. ADVANDAGE Analysis of a learner’s performance in writing and speaking in terms of grammatical accuracy or linguistic appropriacy .

17. DISADVANTAGE Difficulty in identifying whether a learner masters the present perfect/past tense distinction.

18. CONCLUSION A useful test not only provides information about students achievement but also reveals the instructional effectiveness as well. If we examine individual performance, we should able to determine each student degree of proficiency on each objective.

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