Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
Teachers use placement evaluation in order to
AFind out what knowledge and skills students have already mastered ✓ Correct
BDiscover the causes of students' learning or behavioural problems
CBoth find out mastery and discover the causes of problems
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) Find out what knowledge and skills students have already mastered — Teachers use placement evaluation to find out what knowledge and skills students have already mastered, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Teachers use placement evaluation to find out what knowledge and skills students have already mastered, so that is the answer.
★Placement evaluation is done before instruction to see where each learner already stands.
★So it finds out what the student has already mastered, in order to place him at the right level.
★Discovering the causes of learning or behavioural problems is the work of diagnostic evaluation.
★So combining both would wrongly mix placement with diagnosis.
★Since placement evaluation is about prior mastery, its purpose is to find out what students have already mastered.
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