Diagnostic testing and remedial teaching

Diagnostic Testing & Remedial Teaching

1. Diagnostic Test and Remedial Teaching in Mathematics Dr. Manju Gehlawat Hooda Assistant Professor C . R . College of Education, Rohtak

2. What do we mean by diagnostic Testing? It is the process of determining the causes and nature of learning difficulties and deficiencies experienced by children. It is beneficial for both the gifted and those having learning difficulties

3. How Diagnostic Testing helps? to identify strength and weaknesses of children to identify weakness of teaching to plan appropriate corrective instruction to ensure effective learning

4. Steps in Diagnostic Testing

5. Role of a Teacher?

6. How diagnostic test is different from unit test/achievement test? It focuses on operations/concepts, in which children are having difficulties? It attempts to diagnose the actual cause of difficulty/difficulties. Items in diagnostic test are generally related to various sub-steps/operations involved in a concept. Assess every individuals on every item to diagnose the problem. Sampling of items is very detailed and are comparatively longer

7. TYPES OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Standardized Diagnostic Tests Teacher Made Diagnostic Tests

8. Construction of Diagnostic Tests

9. TYPES OF QUESTIONS/ITEMS OBJECTIVE TYPE TESTS True /False Completion Type/Fill in the Blanks Multiple Choice Type Matching Type/Match the Following Ranking or Rearrangement Type Analogical Type Recollection Type

10. Administration of Diagnostic Tests Tell children, the test is not to assess success or failure Conduct test in a feel free environment Inform children not to engage in unfair means Help children if they require any assistance, Make sure that children attempt all questions Allow flexibility in duration of tests

11. Remedial Teaching It is a multifaceted approach involving teaching for providing additional support. Focuses on skills rather than learning content Help is offered to pupils who need assistance Teacher uses extra hours, weekends and holidays Use various resources and different teaching strategies Also known as compensatory or corrective teaching

12. Remedial Teaching-Procedures Corrective teaching Re-teach sessions Supervised studies Individualize teaching Teaching in small units Formative evaluation Summative evaluation

13. Remedial Teaching- General Principles Due consideration to individual characteristics Diagnosis of learning difficulties through pretests Removing backwardness in learning using various methods Frequent planned remedial measures Support and cooperation of parents

14. Diagnostic Testing and Remedial Teaching Cycle Diagnostic Testing Hypothesizing Causes Remedial Teaching Evaluating SUCCESS LACK OF SUCCESS

15. Its time to act? Discuss and identify few common learning difficulties in mathematics Develop a tool to diagnose problems Discuss the remedial strategy to be adopted Identify the TLM/Audio-Video clip to be used for remedy Integrate it with your remedial strategy Practice in your class