CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Aptitude tests: Tests designed to predict future performance in an ability. Achievement tests: Tests designed to assess current performance in an ability. Speed tests: Tests that assess quickness of problem solving by offering many questions in limited time.

Detailed explanation-2: -An aptitude test is an exam used to determine an individual’s skill or propensity to succeed in a given activity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aptitude Tests-a test designed to predict a persons future performance; capacity to learn. Achievement Tests-tests designed to assess what a person has learned. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most commonly used aptitude test is the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) which assesses a variety of abilities, including spatial comprehension, language skills, numerical ability, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -Job aptitude tests are very common, and almost any employer uses them to screen candidates. The most popular ones are verbal, spatial, cognitive, personality and numerical tests.