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www.dhanalakshmischools.com. Spider Test Mandatory Psychological Test at Grade ‘9’ in Interest and Aptitude By Mr.A.Anbuvanan. www.dhanalakshmischools.com. IAVEG - Connecting Chennai with Quebec. www.dhanalakshmischools.com. Our School Campus. 1913. 2013. www.dhanalakshmischools.com.
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Spider TestMandatory Psychological Test at Grade ‘9’ in Interest and AptitudeByMr.A.Anbuvanan www.dhanalakshmischools.com
IAVEG - Connecting Chennai with Quebec www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Our School Campus 1913 2013 www.dhanalakshmischools.com
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Why Spider Test? • To assess the Interest and Aptitude level of every student at Grade 9. • The kids should be certain of his career. • It is a scientific approach to assess the individuals highest and lowest aptitude level. • It is a scientific approach to identify the preferred occupational environments of the individual. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
What is Spider Test? Spider Test Aptitude Test Interest Test www.dhanalakshmischools.com
What is Aptitude ? • Van Dusen defined “aptitude as a measure of the probable rate of learning which results in interests and satisfaction and is relatively specific and narrow”. • According to Bingham “aptitude is a condition or set of characteristics regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s ability to acquire with training some usually specified knowledge, skill or set of responses such as the ability to speak a language, to produce music, etc”. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Characteristics of aptitude • It is symptomatic or indicative of one’s ability for a particular work or job. • It connotes more than potential ability in performance. • It is a present condition but with a forward reference. • Aptitude is the result of the interaction of heredity and environment – An individual is born with certain potentialities and begins to learn immediately. • Aptitude embraces any characteristic which predisposes to learning; including intelligence, personality, interest and special skills. • Aptitude is simply a capacity to learn. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
What does aptitude tests measure? Aptitude tests measure different traits and abilities, and they are designed to identify specific strengths in different areas. Testing of aptitudes is needed to achieve the following purposes. • Help in the proper choice of courses and careers. • Predict future success – Researches have shown that differences in potential abilities are relatively Stable. They tend to persist. • Help the students in the development of social traits – The aptitude testing can help both the teachers and the counselors to know the profile patterns which distinguish the future science student from the future arts student, the future engineer from the future doctor. • Supplement other psychological tests. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Aptitude Assessment Clerical Closure Mechanical Numerical Reasoning Psychomotor Spatial Verbal www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Ability and ScopeDifferential Aptitude Test Battery www.dhanalakshmischools.com
What is Interest? • According to Guilford, “Interest is a generalized behavior tendency of an individual to be attracted to a certain class of incentives or activities that are vocational in nature and to those whose broad meanings transcend vocations”. • According to Murphy “Interests are conditioned objects, characteristics or people in the environment”. • Interest, in short, is a behavior orientation towards certain objects, activities or experience. It is an expression of our likes and dislikes or our attractions and aversions. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
What are the characteristics of Interest? • They are shaped by both heredity and environment. • They are fairly stable traits of personality. • Never become permanently fixed. • Are sufficiently unique to warrant special consideration in the study of an individual or a group. • Vary with age and differ among individuals. • Gradually crystallize as the individual begins to discover himself and piles up rewarding experiences in a few fields. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Purpose of Interest Testing • To provide teachers and counselors with information regarding the student’s preference and aversions which will help them acquire better understanding of students and their problems. • To help the students to indentify and clarify their interests in terms of the demands of varied courses and careers and choose work and experiences consistent with their interests. • To enable teachers, counselors and parents to know the kinds and intensity of the students interests and assist them to prepare their educational and vocational plans consistent with their interests. • To help channelize the energies of the youth in different directions. To help in the selection of the right person for the right work and thus save frustration, unhappiness and disappointment in the lives of individuals and increase productive capacity of individuals. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
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Scheduling of Spider Test First Step :- The test is more Applicable for IX Grade Student. The total time taken to complete the ‘Spider Test’ will be 5 hrs. The test can be conducted in five days or five weeks depending upon the class room environment. All the students will be made to know that there is no right or wrong answer in the Spider Test. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Second Step :- On the test day the student are seated comfortably and the test booklet and the answer sheet will be given. The students will be asked to fill in the personal information. They are given instructions which are to be followed very strictly. After completion of the test, scoring will be done according to the scoring key. From the obtained raw score, the corresponding percentile will be found out from the percentile norms. The students scores will be calculated and tabulated. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Third Step :- Two tables are prepared. Table I shows the scores of the subject and Table II shows the scores of the Group. Fourth Step :- The tabulated scores are discussed individually and as a group. Fifth Step :- The individuals highest and the lowest aptitude level are identified. The preferred occupational environments of the subjects are known. Every student in the class are given a detailed report, based on the report they can choose their career path and move to the tertiary level with Greater Confidence and Happiness. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Sixth Step: Interest test will be done after the completion of Aptitude test. Seventh Step: A consolidated report of both the test will be prepared and tabulated. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Personalized Report Name : V.Prabu Age : 14 Institution /Organization: IX - C – DHSS Sex : M Thank you very much for taking the aptitude test held on 05.02.2014 in DhanalakshmiHr.Sec.School. After careful evaluation, your aptitude level is as on the day of testing is as follows. Discussion: The enclosed graph clearly indicates that V.Prabu has very high in Clerical ability and Psycho motor ability. V.Prabu has extremely high ability to work with rapid speed and accuracy in tasks which do not require “higher level” of intellectual activity. They can be successful in tasks involving record-keeping, filing, dispatching, coding, and other similar jobs. The Psycho motor ability is also extremely high which will enable you to perform accurately under speeded conditions. Has excellent fine muscle dexterity for manual tasks. They can be successful in assembly line work, drafting, and clerical jobs. Findings: V.Prabu has highest Aptitude in Clerical ability and Psycho motor ability. GOOD LUCK Supported By With Regards, Mrs.D.NaliniA.Anbuvanan Career Counselor www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Table – 1 : Graph of an Individual Table – 2: Graph of the Group CA – Closure Ability CL – Clerical Ability MA – MechanicalAbility NA – Numerical Ability PM – Psycho Motor Ability RA – Reasoning Ability SA – Spatial Ability VA – Verbal Ability www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Spider Test - Consolidated Report www.dhanalakshmischools.com
Findings of the Spider Test • The excitement found in the kids at the time • of the test was at its peak. • The kids were very curious to know their skills. • The results motivate the kids. • They come to know their strength and • weakness. • The kids can frame their future. • Kids have plenty of time to improve their • skills. • Early skill deductions create greater • confidence. www.dhanalakshmischools.com
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A.AnbuvananMrs.D.Nalini Headmaster, Career Counselor, DhanalakshmiHr.Sec.School, No:17, AndiappaGramani street, NO:7, 13th Cross street,Royapuram, Shastri Nagar, Adyar, Chennai – 600013, India. Chennai- 600020, India. T - +91 44 2598 3334, T - +91 9445056819 E – anbusns@yahoo.co.inE – nalinimaths@yahoo.co.in For feedback and queries contact www.dhanalakshmischools.com