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EDU 403 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION Without these test, many of the pupils would be reluctant to make out time for private studies while some of them would be less likely to be attentive when the teacher is teaching, no matter how interesting and lively the teaching may be. You can see that listening to a teacher who is not going to give a test is like listening to the preacher in the church or mosque. But the risk here is that when the tests are too many, pupils start working to pass them. 3.1.2 To Determine How Much The Pupils Have Learned A test can be used to find out the extent to which the contents have been covered or mastered by the testees. For instance, if you treat a topic in your class at the end you give a test and many of your students score high marks. This is an indication that they have understood the topic very well. But if they score very low marks, it implies that your efforts have been wasted. You need to do more teaching. It is the results of the test that will help you decide whether to move to the next topic or repeat the current topic. 3.1.3 To Determine The Pupils’ Special Difficulties Tests can be constructed and administered to students in order to determine particular problems of students. This is done in order to determine appropriate corrective actions. This identification of weaknesses and strength on the part of the students is the diagnostic use of tests. It helps in the desirable effort to give pupils, individuals or group remedial attention. Can you think of any of such tests? Before you continue do this activity. SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 1 What is a major risk or disadvantage of administering too many tests much testing on students? Suggest a remedy for this risk. ANSWERS TO SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 1 Your answers may have included: Too many tests would make students begin to work solely for passing the tests. Most teachers teach for the purpose of their students passing examinations especially public examinations. Students therefore become more examination conscious. An ideal situation is one in which a sufficient number of tests are given to encourage the students to study and pay attention, but not so many that they become excessively examination conscious. It takes experience and skill for the teacher to know when the right balance has been achieved. 16
EDU 403 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION 3.1.4 To Determine The Pupils Special Abilities Tests can be used as a measure to indicate what a person or a group or persons or students can do. These can be measures of aptitudes – capacity or ability to learn and measures of achievement or attainment. These can be done using aptitude tests and achievement tests. The major concentration of the class teacher is achievement test which he is expected to use to promote learning and bring about purposeful and desirable changes in the students entrusted to him 3.1.5 To Determine The Strength And Weakness Of The Teaching Methods The results of classroom tests provide empirical evidence for the teacher to know how well or how effective his teaching methods are. Test results are used as self –evaluation instrument. They can be used by others to evaluate the teacher. If the results are not encouraging, the teacher may decide to review his teaching methods with a view to modifying or changing to another. 3.1.6 To Determine The Adequacy Or Otherwise Of Instructional Materials A good teacher makes use of a variety of teaching aids for illustrations and demonstrations. Effective use of these instructional resources helps to improve students understanding of the lesson. Topics which look abstract can be brought to concrete terms by the use of these materials. Therefore to determine the effectiveness, adequacy or otherwise of these teaching aids test can be used. 3.1.7 To Determine The Extent Of Achievement Of The Objectives There are goals and objectives set for the schools. Every school is expected to achieve the goals and objectives through the instructional programmes. The results of tests given to students are used to evaluate how well the instructional programmes have helped in the achievement of the goals and objectives. SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 1 List five functions of tests in education. ANSWER TO SELF ASSESSMENT 1 Your answers would have included the following: 17
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