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Spider Test

Mandatory Psychological Test at Grade ‘9’ in

Interest and AptitudeBy

Mr.A.Anbuvanan



IAVEG - Connecting Chennai with Quebec


Our School Campus

1913 2013

Zone – 2 Congested North Chennai


Parental background of our school


Why Spider Test?

• To assess the Interest and Aptitude level of every student at Grade 9.

• The kids should be certain of his career.• It is a scientific approach to assess the

individuals highest and lowest aptitude level.• It is a scientific approach to identify the

preferred occupational environments of the individual.


What is Spider Test?

Spider Test

Aptitude Test Interest Test


What is Aptitude ?• Van Dusen defined “aptitude as a measure of the probable

rate of learning which results in interests and satisfaction

and is relatively specific and narrow”.

• According to Bingham “aptitude is a condition or set of

characteristics regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s

ability to acquire with training some usually specified

knowledge, skill or set of responses such as the ability to

speak a language, to produce music, etc”.


Characteristics of aptitude

• It is symptomatic or indicative of one’s ability for a particular work or job.

• It connotes more than potential ability in performance.• It is a present condition but with a forward reference.• Aptitude is the result of the interaction of heredity and

environment – An individual is born with certain potentialities and begins to learn immediately.

• Aptitude embraces any characteristic which predisposes to learning; including intelligence, personality, interest and special skills.

• Aptitude is simply a capacity to learn.


What does aptitude tests measure?

Aptitude tests measure different traits and abilities, and they are designed to identify

specific strengths in different areas. Testing of aptitudes is needed to achieve the

following purposes.

• Help in the proper choice of courses and careers.

• Predict future success – Researches have shown that differences in potential abilities

are relatively Stable. They tend to persist.

• Help the students in the development of social traits – The aptitude testing can help

both the teachers and the counselors to know the profile patterns which distinguish the

future science student from the future arts student, the future engineer from the future

doctor.

• Supplement other psychological tests.


Aptitude Assessment

Closure

Clerical

Mechanical

Numerical

Psychomotor

Reasoning

SpatialVerbal


Ability and ScopeDifferential Aptitude Test Battery

S.NO ABILITY SCOPE

1 VERBAL Stenography, business Correspondence Journalism, proof reading and advertising.

2 NUMERICALIt is a predictor of occupations involving computational tasks, such as various clerical, accounting, engineering, technological, data processing jobs, etc.

3 SPATIALIt is a predictor of occupations involving figural materials, such as those dealing with shop work, architecture, building Constructing, engineering, commercial art, dress-designing, die-marking, and decoration, etc.

4 CLOSURECan be expected to be relevant to success in courses and occupations involving speedy visual perception, such as those concerned with office and shop work, architecture, computer programming and data processing, art and designing, etc.

5 CLERICALThe ability to do routine work of the kind which this test exemplifies is important in filing, coding, stock room work, similar occupations.

6 REASONINGIt is important to success in many areas particularly those that stress logic, such as courses and occupations in mathematics or related pursuits, computer programming, engineering. Science and Scientific technology.

7 MECHANICALIt is relevant for courses and occupations concerned with machinery and shop, electrical/electronic tasks, factory, automotive, carpentry, and engineering technologies.

8 PSYCHO-MOTORBest suited for sorting, assembling, power-laundry, stitching, typing, knitting, packing, watch assembling, T.V. and radio repairing and surgery.


What is Interest?

• According to Guilford, “Interest is a generalized behavior

tendency of an individual to be attracted to a certain class of

incentives or activities that are vocational in nature and to those

whose broad meanings transcend vocations”.

• According to Murphy “Interests are conditioned objects,

characteristics or people in the environment”.

• Interest, in short, is a behavior orientation towards certain

objects, activities or experience. It is an expression of our likes

and dislikes or our attractions and aversions.


What are the characteristics of Interest?

• They are shaped by both heredity and environment.

• They are fairly stable traits of personality.

• Never become permanently fixed.

• Are sufficiently unique to warrant special consideration in the

study of an individual or a group.

• Vary with age and differ among individuals.

• Gradually crystallize as the individual begins to discover himself

and piles up rewarding experiences in a few fields.


Purpose of Interest Testing• To provide teachers and counselors with information regarding the student’s preference

and aversions which will help them acquire better understanding of students and their

problems.

• To help the students to indentify and clarify their interests in terms of the demands of

varied courses and careers and choose work and experiences consistent with their

interests.

• To enable teachers, counselors and parents to know the kinds and intensity of the

students interests and assist them to prepare their educational and vocational plans

consistent with their interests.

• To help channelize the energies of the youth in different directions.

To help in the selection of the right person for the right work and thus save frustration,

unhappiness and disappointment in the lives of individuals and increase productive

capacity of individuals.


various dimensions of interestS.No Dimensions Characteristics

1 REALISTICAggressive behavior, interest in activities requiring motor coordination, skill, physical strength and masculinity.

2 INVESTIGATIVE

Thinking rather than acting, organizing and understanding rather than domination or persuading and associability rather than sociability.

3 SOCIALSeem to satisfy their needs for attention in a teaching or therapeutic situation.

4 CONVENTIONAL

A great concern for rules and regulations, great self-control, subordination of personal needs and strong identification with power and status.

5 ENTERPRISING

Verbally skilled but rather than use their verbal skills to support others as the social types do, they use them for manipulating and dominating people.

6 ARTISTIC

Strong self-expression and relations with other people indirectly through artistic expression. They prefer tasks emphasizing physical skills or interpersonal interactions.


Scheduling of Spider Test

First Step :-

The test is more Applicable for IX Grade Student.

The total time taken to complete the ‘Spider Test’

will be

5 hrs. The test can be conducted in five days or five

weeks depending upon the class room environment.

All the students will be made to know that there is no

right or wrong answer in the Spider Test.


Second Step :-

On the test day the student are seated comfortably and the test

booklet and the answer sheet will be given. The students will be

asked to fill in the personal information. They are given

instructions which are to be followed very strictly. After

completion of the test, scoring will be done according to the

scoring key. From the obtained raw score, the corresponding

percentile will be found out from the percentile norms. The

students scores will be calculated and tabulated.


Third Step :-

Two tables are prepared. Table I shows the scores of the subject and Table

II shows the scores of the Group.

Fourth Step :-

The tabulated scores are discussed individually and as a group.

Fifth Step :-

The individuals highest and the lowest aptitude level are identified. The

preferred occupational environments of the subjects are known.

Every student in the class are given a detailed report, based on the report

they can choose their career path and move to the tertiary level with

Greater Confidence and Happiness.


Sixth Step:

Interest test will be done after the completion of

Aptitude test.

Seventh Step:

A consolidated report of both the test will be

prepared and tabulated.


Personalized Report

Name : V.Prabu Age : 14

Institution /Organization: IX - C – DHSS Sex : M

Thank you very much for taking the aptitude test held on 05.02.2014 in Dhanalakshmi Hr.Sec.School.

After careful evaluation, your aptitude level is as on the day of testing is as follows.

Discussion:

The enclosed graph clearly indicates that V.Prabu has very high in Clerical ability and Psycho motor ability.

V.Prabu has extremely high ability to work with rapid speed and accuracy in tasks which do not require

“higher level” of intellectual activity. They can be successful in tasks involving record-keeping, filing, dispatching,

coding, and other similar jobs.

The Psycho motor ability is also extremely high which will enable you to perform accurately under

speeded conditions. Has excellent fine muscle dexterity for manual tasks. They can be successful in assembly line

work, drafting, and clerical jobs.

Findings:

V.Prabu has highest Aptitude in Clerical ability and Psycho motor ability.

GOOD LUCK

Supported By With Regards,

Mrs.D.Nalini A.Anbuvanan

Career Counselor


Table – 1 : Graph of an Individual

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4

6

8

10

12

8

10

4

7

10

6

8

6

CA CL MA NA PM RA SA VA

Table – 2: Graph of the Group

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2

4

6

8

10

12

7

10

3

7 7

5

7

5

CA CL CA CL CA CL SA VA

CA – Closure AbilityCL – Clerical AbilityMA – Mechanical Ability

NA – Numerical AbilityPM – Psycho Motor AbilityRA – Reasoning AbilitySA – Spatial Ability VA – Verbal Ability


Spider Test - Consolidated ReportS.NO NAME CLASS INTEREST APTITUDE

1 A. AKRAM KHAN IXC1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs

1. Clerical Ability

2 V. PRABHU IXC1. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs2. Jobs include sales and supervisory jobs3. jobs include office and clerical jobs

1. Clerical Ability2. Psycho motor Ability

3 I. IRFAN IXB1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs


4 R. KARTHICK KUMAR IXA1. Jobs include sales and supervisory jobs2. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs3. jobs include teaching and helping jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Psycho motor Ability4. Spatial Ability5. Verbal Ability

5 M. MOHAMED THANWEER IXA1. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs2. jobs include teaching and helping jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Numerical Ability4. Spatial Ability

6 P. CHANDRAKUMAR IXA1. jobs include teaching and helping jobs2. jobs include office and clerical jobs

1. Clerical Ability2. Spatial Ability

7 V. NAVEEN IXC

1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. Jobs include sales and supervisory jobs3.Jobs include skilled trades, labor, technical, and some helping jobs4. jobs include office and clerical jobs


8 E. MANI VARMAN IXC1. jobs include teaching and helping jobs2.Jobs include sales and supervisory jobs3. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs


9 M.A. ABBAS IXC1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Numerical Ability

10 C.YUVAN SHANKAR IXA1.Jobs include skilled trades, labor, technical, and some helping jobs2. jobs include sales and supervisory jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Spatial Ability


11 D. BALAKRISHANAN IXC1. jobs include office and clerical jobs2. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs


12 P. SAIRAM IXC1. Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs2. jobs include teaching and helping jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Reasoning Ability4. Verbal Ability

13 S. SHAGUL IXC1. jobs include teaching and helping jobs2.Jobs include skilled trades, labor, technical, and some helping jobs


14 S. SAKTHI IXA1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2.Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs3. jobs include office and clerical jobs

1. Clerical Ability

15 E.SALMA IXA 1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. jobs include teaching and helping jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability

16A. NAZIA BANU IXA 1. Jobs include scientific and some technical jobs

2.Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs

1. Closure ability2. Closure Ability3. Psycho motor Ability4. Spatial Ability

17R. GOWTHAM IXB

1.Jobs include skilled trades, labor, technical, and some helping jobs2. jobs include sales and supervisory jobs3.jobs include scientific and some technical jobs

1. Clerical Ability2. Numerical Ability3. Reasoning Ability4. Spatial Ability

18J. SURYA PRAKASH IXB

1.Jobs include artistic, musical, and some writing jobs2. jobs include teaching and helping jobs3. jobs include scientific and some technical jobs4. jobs include sales and supervisory jobs


19 S. ABDHUL RAHAMAN IXB1. jobs include teaching and helping jobs2. jobs include artistic, musical and some writing jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability3. Numerical Ability4. Psycho motor Ability5. Reasoning Ability6. Spatial Ability

20 M. LOGESH IXD1.jobs include scientific and some technical jobs2. jobs include teaching and helping jobs3. jobs include artistic, musical and some writing jobs

1. Closure Ability2. Clerical Ability



Findings of the Spider Test• The excitement found in the kids at the time of the test was at its peak.• The kids were very curious to know their skills.• The results motivate the kids.• They come to know their strength and weakness.• The kids can frame their future.• Kids have plenty of time to improve their skills.• Early skill deductions create greater confidence.


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