Assessment and Appraisal in Counselling

Paper Code: 
CON 231
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
80.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Delineate the nature, process, underlying assumption and principles of psychological assessment.
  2. Apply different techniques of psychological assessment in guidance and counselling.
  3. Develop skill of administration scoring and interpretation of psychological test.   

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

The students will be able to –

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

CON 231

 Assessment and Appraisal in Counselling

CLO1: Determining and comparing different individual and group tests for intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality

CLO2: Application in educational and clinical settings.

CLO3: Analyzing the concept of norms, comparison between its different types.

CLO4: Estimating the utilization and discovering role of norms as an integral part in test development.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation,

 

16.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to the Concept of Mental Measurement
  •  Measurement scale: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and ratio. Psychological testing: history, definitions, uses and types of psychological tests.  
16.00
Unit II: 
Characteristics of a Good Psychological Test
  •  Objectivity, standardization, Norms.    
16.00
Unit III: 
Test Standardization
  • Reliability, validity and item analysis.  
16.00
Unit IV: 
Interpreting Test Scores
  •  Types of Norms, Development of norms. 
16.00
Unit V: 
Assessment Techniques in Measurement of :

  • Personality
  • General abilities
  • Special abilities
  • Assessment in Educational set up
  • Mental Health Batteries   

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Nunnally, J.C. (1967). Psychometric Theory. McGraw Hill, N.Y.
  • Dillon R.F. (Ed) (1997). Handbook of Testing. U.S.A. : Greewood Press.
  • Ghisalli, E.E., Campbell, J.P. & Zedeck, S. (1981). Measurement Theory for the Behavioral Sciences. San Francisco : W. H. Freeman.
  • Gulliksen, H. (1950). The Theory of Metal Tests. NY : John Wiley.
  • Hambleton, R.K. Swaminathan, H. & Rogers, H.J. (1991). Fundamentals of Item Response Theory. ND : Sage.
  • Jenson, A.R. (1990). Bias in Mental Health Testing. NY : Free Press.

 

 

References: 

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Rummel R.S. (1970). Applied Factor Analysis, North West University Press, Evaston.

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Sen, A.K. (1974). Method of Reducing the Length of Psychological Test. Indian Journal of Psychometry and Education, Vol. 55, pp 8-13.

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Kulkarni S.S. & Puhan B.N. (1988). Psychological Assessment. In a J. Pandey (Ed.) Psychology in India : The state-of-the-art, Vol. I, ND : Sage.

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Lewis – Beck,M.S. (1994). Factor analysis and Related Techniques. Thousand Oaks : Sage.

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Puhan, B.N. (1980). Issues in Psychological Testing. Agra : National Psychological Corporation.

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-21
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