Syllabus
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Course Code: HD -102 Course Name: Methods and Techniques of Assessment in Human Development |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Understanding the Self: Administration, Scoring and Evaluation of any test about the Self, e.g., TAT, WISC. 2. Concept of Measurement and Evaluation: Scales, Norms and Transformation-Types, Usage &Relevance. |
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| 2 | 3.Observation Method: Concept, types, advantages and limitations, application,
Considerations for conducting observations. Theoretical perspectives; Use of checklists, establishing reliability in observation record, Report writing and Evaluation. 4. Interview Method:Types, advantages and limitations, applications, preparation of Interview Schedule/guide, general considerations for conducting Interviews. Theoretical perspectives; Development of different types of interview protocols. Analysis and coding of interview data. 5.Questionnaire Method: Characteristics, types, advantages and limitations, uses, considerations for construction and administration of questionnaire. Theoretical perspectives;Development of different typesof questionnaire Protocols.Analysis and codingof questionnaire data. |
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| 3 | 6.Case Study Method: Characteristic features, advantages and disadvantages.
Theoretical perspectives; Development of different types ofcase study protocols.
Analysis and coding of case study data. 7. Anthropometry: Body landmark, Instruments, Height, Weight and other Measurements of a child’s nutritional status. 8. Reliability and Validity: Definition, Types & Usage. |
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| 4 | 9. Sociometry Techniques: Definition, Types, Usage and theirrelevance in
Studying Human relationships. 10. Some Psychometric Methods: - Techniques of evaluation with special reference to (Intelligence, Personality, Interests and Aptitude. -Scales for children’s assessment- Seguin Form Board, Pandey’s Cognitivedevelopment test, Coloured Progressive Matrices. -The Wechsler’s battery of tests, -Children’s Apperception Test, - Draw- A- Man Test - Bhatia’s Battery -Raven’s Progressive Matrices, -Adjustment Inventories, -Rotter’s Incomplete Sentence Completion Test, -Sex Role Inventory, -Death Anxiety Inventory. |
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