UNDERSTANDING

THE
ASSESSING
SELF FOR
SELF-
IMPROVEMENT:
DIRECTING MY DESTINY
JHAVEN P. MAÑAS,
 LEARNING
OUTCOMES
 Identify the tools or measures used for the assessment

 Discuss the ways of assessing the various aspects of personality

 Differentiate a formal assessment from an informal one

 Explain how the result of assessments help improve one’s personality

 ASSESSMENT

Perhaps one of the closest experiences you have

with assessments is taking a written test and
going through interviews with academic officials
before enrolling in the school of your choice.
 ASSESSMENT

Assessment is a process that determines the

presence or absence, as well as the extent or
level, of a characteristic or behavior in a person.
With an assessment, one gets a better view or
understanding of people’s behavior, including
that of oneself.
 ASSESSMENT

• Tests are type of tools (gathering data tools)

Measurement deals only with the administration

of the tool and determining the numerical values
of the data gathered from a tool.
An example of this is assigning them according
to some set of criteria.
 ASSESSMENT
Psychological Assessment refers to the use of
specified testing procedures to evaluate the
abilities, behaviors, and personal qualities of
people (Bernstein 1991).

It describes the extent to which a person is

similar to or different from others.
 ASSESSMENT

Assessment tools are important in getting

information about the behaviors of people.
Feedbacks, reports, or narratives from others are
enough to determine someone’s behavior.
 KINDS OF ASSESSMENT

a. Achievement Test. This test measures what

has been learned within a specific period of time.
Hence, if a teacher gives students a mathematics
test at the end of the semester, it means that
he/she wants to know how much the students
learned for one semester.
 KINDS OF ASSESSMENT

b. Mental Ability Test. It measures one’s level of

mental ability. Such test are also known as IQ
test.

c. Aptitude Test. It measures the inclination of

individuals towards certain specific areas. It
determines what particular field or work an
individual would most possibly be successful at.
 KINDS OF ASSESSMENT

d. Personality Test. It measures facets of

personality, some of which are attitude,
perceptions, interests, psychological
abbreviations, personality disorders, and the like.
GENERAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT

1. Formal Assessments are standardized and

generally carried out in professional settings by
experts in the behavior or characteristic being
measured. Many, if not all, of the assessments
earlier discussed are formal procedures of
assessment.
GENERAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT

2. Informal Assessments are everyday

assessments people make about themselves or
about others. These assessments do not have to
observe formal processes. The bases for assessing
a person are unstructured or simple observations
of his/her behaviors in informal settings and
occasions.
APPLICATION OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment provides many advantages, foremost

of which is to gain better understanding of
oneself. Thus, one will know exactly what areas
to be improved or enhanced, and more
importantly, what to do to overcome his/her
weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
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 JOURNAL ENTRY 16
WEEK 16
Answer the following questions.

1. What test do you remember taking in the past or at present?

2. Which of these tests did you take in your school? Outside of your school?
3. What was your purpose in taking non-academic tests?
4. Did you get a feedback on how you fared in the test? What kind of
information did you learn about yourself from the test?
5. Did you benefit from taking these tests?
 ASSIGNMENT 16
WEEK 16
Situations are given in every item. State in your own words the purpose of the
assessment and the kind of behavior or characteristic being measured using the table
below.
SITUATION PURPOSE/REASON CHARACTERISTICS
1 History Class To determine if the students learned under What students have learned in
the professor’s guidance history for the semester
2 Job interview
3 Athlete’s Medical Assessment
4 Intelligence Test
5 Pre-Natal check up
6 COVID Swab Test
7 Pedia’s Check up
8 Class Interview
9 Upcoming Freshman
10 DNA test
 ASSIGNMENT 16
WEEK 16

Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What are the purposes of giving tests?
2. What are the similarities and differences between measurement and
assessment?
3. What is the importance of measuring and assessing behaviors?
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