DIFFERENTIAL APTITUDE TEST (DAT)
An aptitude is a combination of characteristics indicative of an individual’s capacity to acquire with training some specific knowledge or skill, our set of organised responses, such as the ability to speak a language, to become a musician, to do mechanical work etc.’
There is no assumption that aptitudes are hereditary but rather are a result of the interaction between hereditary and environment.
Aptitudes are extremely broad. It embraces any characteristics which predispose to learning, including intelligence, achievement, personality, interest, and special skills. The original forms (A and B) of the DAT were developed in 1947 to provide an integrated, scientific, and well-standardized procedure for measuring the abilities of boys and girls in Grades 8 through 12 for the purpose of educational and vocational guidance. While the tests were constructed primarily for uses in junior and senior high schools, they have also been used in the educational and vocational counselling of junior employees, graduate recruitment and in the selection process.
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