DIAGNOSTIC TEST- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Are you an Aspiring Teacher or working as one? As a teacher it is very important to cater the needs of every student So, It is the responsibility of a teacher to fill the learning gaps and teach effectively by diagnosing the learner’s difficulties. A Diagnostic test serve as an excellent tool when administered correctly to know the difficulties of learners.

Do you need help in understanding diagnostic tests? In this article you will learn all you need to know about diagnostic tests and I hope you will enjoy the content.

MEANING:-

Diagnostic test is concerned with evaluation of learning difficulties faced by learners during instruction. these tests are generally used to know or diagnose individual’s strengths and weaknesses in a particular course of study therefore the these tests are also known as analytical tests as the analyze the weakness of learner.

DEFINITION:-

Diagnosis means determining the nature of learning difficulties and deficiencies.
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PURPOSE:-

The main purpose of diagnostic tests is to improve teaching learning process.
to find out the weaknesses in learning and also arrange remedial measures to overcome the weaknesses.
helps in identifying backward children.
Improves subject matter of textbook to fulfil the needs of learners.
Educational and vocational guidance is also provided on the basis of the results of diagnostic tests.

CHARACTERISTICS:-

A diagnostic test should enhance the learner’s progress in terms of learning objectives.
It should be designed in such a way so that it covers systematic sequence of learning.
It needs to be an integral part of curriculum.
It involves mental processes of learner to find out the cause or reason of a particular problem.
it should also suggest the specific remedial measures for the problem identified.

TYPES OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS:-

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST	EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST
It is related to vision, hearing, psychomotor and other aspects, A skilled person is invited to diagnose and provide remedial measures.	It is related to different subjects studied by a child for a specific level or class .

NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST:-

Educational diagnosis is required for normal children along with the problematic children.
Diagnosis is very important to know the difficulty level in a particular subject or specific concept.
It is important to analyze a particular difficulty to attain the particular learning objectives.
Diagnosis of learner’s difficulty also helps the teacher to make his teaching effective.
Analysis of learner’s mental process also takes place which helps in improving learning.

REMEDIAL TEACHING:-

The term ‘Remedial” means to improve or to rectify. It is a teaching which is designed to fill the gaps in learning and generally used to bring backward students to the level of achievement of their peers or classmates.

PROCEDURE OF REMEDIAL TEACHING

Objectives are set as per the nature of difficulties.
Specific methods and techniques are used to facilitate learning.
Feedbacks of learners is collected to find out the weaknesses.
Re teaching is done along with some modifications.
Final performance is assessed.

FUNCTIONS OF TEACHER

Generally, it is observed that most of the times the learning difficulties are not within the learners but are related to the context where the learning is taking place , physical and learning environment of the school, peer group of learner, defective methods of teaching and others.

SO, TEACHER CAN

use various learning activities and design meaningful learning situations where students remain active.
provide clear instructions to learners to avoid confusion.
summarize the main points and encourage learners to participate actively.
show concern for learner’s performance.
use suitable teaching aids, methods and techniques.
move from simple to complex and concrete to abstract concepts.

CONCLUSION:-

Diagnostic Tests play a significant role in improving teaching learning process as it helps the teacher to identify the learning difficulties of learners or students and remove these difficulties to achieve the learning objectives and in broader sense educational objectives. Remedial teaching or measures is provided according to the need of learner to facilitate learning.