This document summarizes a presentation on assessing individual differences. It discusses how individuals vary in terms of physical, intellectual, attitudinal, achievement, motor, emotional, interest, belief, learning, and social/moral differences. These differences are influenced by heredity, gender, age, caste, race, nationality, and environment. The presentation also examines how individual differences impact education, including class size, teacher awareness, homework, curriculum, teaching methods, teacher training, vocational/educational guidance. It concludes by summarizing the children's book "What If We Were All The Same!" which celebrates differences among individuals.

1. A Presentation
On
Assessing individual difference

2. Presented By
Tanami Haider
Student ID: 202910
Institute Of Education & Research
Khulna University
Khulna
Emam Hossain
Student ID: 202907
Institute Of Education & Research
Khulna University
Khulna

3. • We, in spite of belonging to a common species known
as human beings, have our own individuality which
contributes towards the variation and differences
found in us.
• It is these differences that are entitled as ‘individual
differences” in the languages of sociology and
psychology.
Introduction

4. Skinner,: “Today we think of individual
differences as including any measurable
aspect of the total personality.”
Woodworth, R.S. and Marquis, D.G :
“Individual differences are found in all
psychological characteristics physical
mental abilities, knowledge, habit,
personality and character traits.”
Concept of Individual Differences

5. Individual differences distinguish one
person from another, and these
differences can include attitudes,
opinions, and overall preferences for
different areas of life.
Individual
Differences
Individual Differences
The psychology of individual differences
is concerned with the systematic study
of intelligence and abilities associated
with personality of learner, learning
styles and needs and interests of
learner.

6. Types of Individual Difference
1.Physical differences:
Shortness or tallness of structure, darkness or
fairness of complexion, fatness, thinness, or
weakness are various physical individual
differences.
2. Differences in intelligence:
There are differences in intelligence level
among different individuals. We can classify the
individuals from super-normal (above 120 I.Q.)
to idiots (from 0 to 50 I.Q.) on the basis of their
intelligence level.

7. 3. Differences in attitudes: Individuals differ
in their attitudes towards different people,
objects, institutions and authority.
4. Differences in achievement: It has been
found through achievement tests that
individuals differ in their achievement
abilities. These differences are very much
visible in reading, writing and in learning
mathematics.
Types of Individual Difference

8. Types of Individual Difference
5. Differences in motor ability: These differences are
visible at different ages. Some people can perform
mechanical tasks easily, while others, even though
they are at the same level, feel much difficulty in
performing these tasks.
6. Emotional differences: In some individuals
positive emotions like love affection etc are more
prevalent whereas in others negative emotions like
anger disgust etc are more powerful.

9. Types of Individual Difference
7. Differences in interest and aptitude: There exists
great variations among the individuals in relation to the
specific tastes and interest. In a similar way people are
found to have different aptitudes Some have
mechanical aptitude while others have scholastic
musical or artistic aptitudes.
8. Differences in belief and opinions: Individuals are
found to possess varying attitudes towards different
people groups objects and ideas Their attitude may be
positive negative or neutral in nature

10. Types of Individual Difference
9. Learning differences: individual differences are found
in the field of learning also. Pupils differ in their rate of
learning styles of learning motivation and persistence in
Learning.
10. Differences in social and moral development: Some
are found to be adjusted properly in the social situations
and lead a happy social life while others are socially
handicapped unsocial or anti-social. Similarly, people are
found to differ in respect of ethical or moral sense.

11. Factor affecting individual differen
Some of the main causes of individual differences
are as under:
Heredity:
Some heretical traits bring a change
from one individual to other.
An individual’s height, size, shape and
color of hair, shape of face, nose, hands
and legs so to say the entire structure
of the body is determined by his
heretical qualities.
Intellectual differences are also to a
great extent influenced by hereditary
factor.
Heredity

12. Causes of Individual Differenc
Gender:
Due to gender variation one individual
differs from other. Men are strong in
mental power. On the other hand
women on the average show small
superiority over men in memory,
language and aesthetic sense. Women
excel the men in shouldering social
responsibilities and have a better
control over their emotions.
Gender

13. Causes of Individual Differenc
Age variation:
Age variation:
Age is another factor which is responsible in
bringing individual differences.
Learning ability and adjustment capacity
naturally grow with age. When one grows in
age can acquire better control over our
emotions and better social responsibilities.
When a child grows then this maturity and
development goes side by side.

14. Caste, race and nation:
Causes of Individual Differenc
Race and Nationality is one cause of
individual difference.
Indians are very peace loving, Chinese
are cruel; Americans are very frank due
to race and nationality.
Caste, race and nation

15. Causes of Individual Differenc
Environment:
Environment brings individual
differences in behaviour, activities,
attitude, and style of life characteristics.
Personality etc.
Environment does not refer only physical
surroundings but also it refers the
different types of people, society, their
culture, customs, traditions, social
heritage, ideas and ideals. Environment

16. Education:
Education is one major factor which
brings individual differences. There is a
wide gap in the behaviors of educated
and uneducated persons. All traits of
human beings like social, emotional and
intellectual are controlled and modifies
through proper education.
Causes of Individual Differenc
Education

17. 1. size of the class: Generally there are 50 or more than 50
students in a class. In such a large class, it is not possible
for the teacher to pay individual attention to the students.
So, The size of the class should be small.
2. Teacher should keep in mind the difference : Now there
are separate classes for the students, who have different
intelligence. While bringing about this classification, the
teacher should keep in mind the difference in age,
interests, emotional and social qualities.
Influence of Individual Differences in
Education

18. Influence of Individual Differences in E
3. Home task: The teacher should assign home task to the students
while keeping in view the individual differences.
4. Curriculum: The curriculum should be modified to suit the needs
of all types of children. A large number of subjects should be
included in the curriculum so that education can be provided to each
child according to his interests, needs and abilities. Curriculum
should not be rigid but it should be flexible.

19. 5. Methods of Teaching: Methods of teaching should be chosen
on the basis of individual differences. It is not advisable to use
the same method of education in the case of all children-gifted
or backward.
6. Teacher must be well trained and sympathetic: A teacher
who face different types of students must be well trained and
sympathetic in behavior.
Influence of Individual Differences in Ed

20. 8. Vocational Guidance: While keeping in view the
individual differences the teacher can guide the
students in the vocation that they should adopt.
Influence of Individual Differences in Ed
7.Educational Guidance: Teacher should impart
educational guidance to the students while keeping in
view their individual differences. He can assist them in the
selection of educational career, selection of subjects,
selection of books, selection of hobbies and co-curricular
activities and in many other areas connected with
education.

21. What If We Were All The Same! is a
children's book that embraces the
beautiful differences we all have in
relation to height, hair type, abilities
and much more.
What kind of world would we be living
in if everyone looked the same and did
the same things?
—- a boring one!
What If We Were All The Same!
By C.M Harris

22. What If We Were All The Same!
By C.M Harris
The idea of this book is to help children understand
that there is nothing wrong with being different.
Whether they have red hair or brown hair, green eyes
or blue eyes, long legs or short legs, light skin or dark
skin, glasses, uses a wheelchair or anything else, it’s
absolutely OKAY! Our differences are what makes us
unique and if we truly think about it, would you want
to be the exact same as someone else? What if we all
looked the same or all and had only the same skills of
Bill Gates? How boring would it be to have millions of
techies walking around? Who would have created
music? art? food? clothes? and so much more!

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24. THANK YOU SO MUCH
For your interest and attention.