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The Role of Psychological Tests in Education in South Africa
The Role of Psychological Tests in Education in South Africa
Issues, controversies and benefits Psychological tests may be classified or characterised in many different ways, for example, by their content area, intended uses, method of test administration, strategy followed in item construction, type of stimuli or responses, test interpretation, standardisation, criteria for scoring, etc. The most common method, however, is to classify tests by their content or the attributes they measure, such as musical ability, mechanical aptitude, spatial ability, scholastic aptitude, school readiness or personality traits.
Sociology and Psychology and family studies South Africa
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- Format: 207mm x 295mm
- Pages: 127
- ISBN 13: 978-07969-1881-9
- Rights: World Rights
Issues, controversies and benefits Psychological tests may be classified or characterised in many different ways, for example, by their content area, intended uses, method of test administration, strategy followed in item construction, type of stimuli or responses, test interpretation, standardisation, criteria for scoring, etc. The most common method, however, is to classify tests by their content or the attributes they measure, such as musical ability, mechanical aptitude, spatial ability, scholastic aptitude, school readiness or personality traits.
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Psychological measurement and evaluation
2.3 Educational measurement and evaluation
2.4 Conclusion
3. HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
3.1 Intelligence tests
3.2 Aptitude tests
3.3 Personality tests and questionnaires
4. APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
4.1 Psychometric approach
4.2 Piagetian approach
4.3 Soviet approach
4.4 Neuropsychologically (biological) based instruments
4.5 Dynamic assessment
4.6 Conclusion
5. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING: CRITICISMS, ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES
5.1 Criticisms
5.2 Test bias
6. CULTURE AND TESTING
6.1 Introduction
6.2 What is culture?
6.3 The influence of culture on test performance
6.4 Possible solutions to the problem of cultural influence on testing
7. THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS
7.1 Classification of psychological tests
7.2 Test development in South Africa
7.3 Cognitive tests developed by the HSRC
7.4 Affective measures developed/adapted by the HSRC
7.5 Summary
8. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN SOUTH AFRICA: END OF THE ROAD OR A NEW BEGINNING?
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