7 Ultimate Functions Of Tests In Education

#CentreforElites #test #functionsoftest Please subscribe and press notification bell to be the first to receive our videos as we upload them. We shall explain the main functions of tests in the educational system in this article. As a teacher, when you set a test for your class, what do you do with the results? How does the test help you in the teaching and learning situation? According to Nwana (1981) there could be a variety of functions of tests . These are: Motivate pupils to study. Determine how much the pupils have learned. Determine the pupils’ special difficulties. Determine the pupils’ special abilities. Determine the strength and weakness of the teaching Method. Determine the adequacy or otherwise of instructional Resources. Determine the extent of achievement of the objectives etc. To Motivate the Pupils to Study When you go to the church or mosque, every Sunday or Friday, you listen to the preacher as he exposes the Word, you are not subjected to any written or verbal examination on the substance of the preaching. Therefore, the effect of the preaching on you cannot be determined. Thus whether you are sleeping or paying attention to the preacher is left for you and you alone. This is not the case in a school situation where we need to verify our efforts as soon as possible. This is why test are regularly used to motivate pupils to learn. They study hard towards their weekly, terminal or end of the year promotion examinations. 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.