The module on Assessment and Appraisal in Guidance and Counselling-1, as the name implies, has been developed to help you understand the theory and practice of how assessment and appraisal is to be understood and conducted in providing guidance and counselling to your students.
It is essential for you to learn that assessment and appraisal is central to the counselling process. By using assessment and appraisal procedures, you will be able to gain understanding of the individual and in turn foster individual's understanding himself or herself. In this sense, you will appreciate that assessment and appraisal processes and procedures are the means of obtaining comprehensive understanding of students thereby fulfilling the goal of counselling.
There are four units in this module. The first unit will help you understand the meaning and significance of assessment and appraisal and other allied concepts. You will also learn about the principles and assumptions underlying students' assessment and appraisal which are essential for judicious and responsible use of data.
As counsellors, you will be required to be continuously engaged in the process of understanding the individual, and therefore you will learn about the different types of assessment procedures and tools to arrive at the understanding. In the second unit, you will learn about the psychological tests and skills required for selection, administration, scoring and interpretation of tests. As a trained counsellor, you would be most qualified to use psychological tests, therefore you will carry the responsibility to follow certain ethical practices and professional standards. The contents of this unit will also sensitise you towards this end. The third unit focuses on the tools for qualitative assessment. With requisite knowledge and insight, you will be able to evaluate the relative strengths and significance of using qualitative techniques for different purposes. You will also learn about various issues and cautions which need to be kept in mind while selecting and interpreting assessment tools as well as communicating scores. Your competencies in testing and some qualitative tools will be build up through 'Practicum in Psychological Assessment' which has been separately designed.
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