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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars






2. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






3. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles






4. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle






5. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






6. Reading or hearing






7. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned






8. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






9. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment






10. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas






11. Essays - short - answer






12. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area






13. Teacher breaks down unit's content into smaller units and provides support and frequent feedback to the student as he or she demonstrates understanding of each unit






14. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






15. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task






16. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






17. Effective teaching model of lessons

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18. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






19. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






20. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






21. Teacher finds key content that must be mastered and reduces the number of examples - activities - or lessons so that a student who is advanced can move forward and one who is lower can work for a while longer






22. Knowledge (who - what - where) - comprehension (interpret - retell - organize) - application (subdividing info and putting it back together) - synthesis (infer an idea) - evaluation (making a value decision)






23. Set clear expectations for lessons (not too narrow); students need to understand big picture and be able to connect what they are leanring to experiences and events (use advance organizers)






24. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






25. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)






26. Survey (preview of chapter) - question (scans headings and subheadings and rephrases them into questions) - read (read one section of chapter) - recite (answers questions in his/her own words and writes notes) - review (immediately reviews what has b






27. This taps into students' natural curiosity to each student's advantage; it helps students more deeply understand concepts...student must be clear in explaining to apply knowledge to new setting






28. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






29. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process






30. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)






31. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






32. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






33. Home team - each student is then given a number - each student joins others with same number to become expert - home team comes together to teach others the lesson he/she learned






34. Instructional materials are divided and then studied by individuals or pairs of students. After they become experts on their sections of information they share the information with the group






35. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






36. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others






37. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)






38. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five






39. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations






40. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






41. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)






42. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






43. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)






44. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






45. Scoring guide used in assessments






46. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections






47. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher






48. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)






49. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






50. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning