Many times parents are quite excited about a particular hobby or sport that they would love to see their child excel in. But in the entire process of fascination and excitement they forget to recognize if their child is really interested in it or not. Interest is a powerful motivational process that stimulates learning, pays attention to academic and career paths, moreover being essential for academic success. The child’s interest is very important, hence they must be asked open-ended questions and a close watch must be kept on their responses and behaviors.

What is an aptitude test?

An aptitude test is a psychometric tool used to assess or measure an individual's ability to succeed in a given task, with no prior knowledge or experience of it. It is an attempt to measure a person’s ability to learn some specific skill sets, through future training. The test considers that people differ in their special abilities and these differences are helpful in forecasts about the future achievers. Aptitude tests are used by schools, colleges, universities as well as organizations for assessment purposes.