Correct Answer - Option 1 : Diagnostic
Diagnostic evaluation/test refers to the test which helps the teachers to know the learning difficulties or gaps in learner's understanding and identifying learner's strengths, weaknesses, skills, etc.
Steps of Diagnostic Testing:
- Identifying students who are having trouble.
- Locating the errors and learning difficulties/gaps
- Discovering the causal factors of slow learning.
- Removing learning difficulties through remedial teaching
The purpose of diagnostic evaluation:
- This test helps to know the gaps in children’s understanding.
- It is specially conducted for removing the learning difficulties of learners.
- The diagnostic test enables the educator and students to recognize issues that they have with the subject.
- It is a comprehensive test that provides feedback to teachers and students on their strengths and weaknesses.
- This test provides a way to identify the part which makes the child slow down in the learning process and provide appropriate feedback to the child.
Hence, from the above-mentioned points, it becomes clear weakness of a student identified through diagnostic evaluation.
