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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
mastery learning
standard error of measurment
graphic organizer
curriculum compacting
2. 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
lesson planning
service learning
curriculum compacting
diagnostic evaluations
3. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)
inquiry model
curriculum chunking
whole - group instrcution
interpersonal skills
4. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
stanines
criterion - referenced tests
curriculum chunking
emergent curriculum
5. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)
standard error of measurment
Identifying similarities and differences
content standards
positive interaction
6. 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
Jigsaw
anchored instruction
demonstrations
learning centers
7. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)
anecdotal records
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
curriculum frameworks
thematic instruction
8. Showing a student what something is or how to do something
play
demonstrations
portfolio
think - pair - share
9. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning
formative evaluations
self - evaluation
Numbered Heads together
interpersonal skills
10. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
discovery learning
behavioral and cognitive objectives
differentiated instruction
primary source documents
11. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
samples
performance assessments
linguistic
standards - based assessments
12. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do
validity
mastery learning
analytical scoring
standards
13. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)
whole - group instrcution
standard deviation
school - to - work
lesson planning
14. 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
differentiated instruction
primary source documents
analytical scoring
Numbered Heads together
15. 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
primary source documents
generating and testing hypotheses
diagnostic evaluations
nonlinguistic
16. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%
quartiles
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
differentiated instruction
analytical scoring
17. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
standard deviation
content standards
Essential Nine
reliability
18. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common
assigning home and practice
curriculum chunking
mean - median - and mode
direct instruction
19. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
project - based learning
thematic instruction
play
anticipatory set
20. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
positive interdependence
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
interpersonal skills
generating and testing hypotheses
21. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
field trips
setting objectives and providing feedback
school - to - work
demonstrations
22. Oral - written - or through visual performance
direct instruction
responses
think - pair - share
anticipatory set
23. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
thematic instruction
Summarizing and Note - taking
standard error of measurment
project - based learning
24. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations
behavioral and cognitive objectives
positive interaction
curriculum frameworks
percentile rank
25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body
nonlinguistic
standard deviation
portfolio
grade - level equivalent scores
26. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
aptitude tests
curriculum frameworks
interdisciplinary instruction
performance assessments
27. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
reliability
interdisciplinary instruction
whole - group instrcution
emergent curriculum
28. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
Numbered Heads together
analytical scoring
field trips
inquiry model
29. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
holistic scoring
transfer
tiered instruction
content standards
30. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
reliability
Summarizing and Note - taking
interpersonal skills
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
31. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
play
anecdotal records
mastery learning
standard error of measurment
32. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level
mean - median - and mode
performance standards
nonlinguistic
field trips
33. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
holistic scoring
individual and group accontability
field trips
portfolio
34. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
aptitude tests
differentiated instruction
self - evaluation
whole - group instrcution
35. 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
summative evalutations
curriculum chunking
project - based learning
interdisciplinary instruction
36. Develop the response
authentic assessments
direct instruction
lesson planning
portfolio
37. Reading or hearing
standards - based assessments
graphic organizer
aptitude tests
linguistic
38. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
graphic organizer
reliability
transfer
holistic scoring
39. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
achievement tests
behavioral and cognitive objectives
discovery learning
nonlinguistic
40. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area
questioning
play
positive interdependence
portfolio
41. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
validity
anchored instruction
double - entry page
individual and group accontability
42. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
lesson planning
mnemonics
observation
school - to - work
43. Instructional apporach that ties information to an anchor; student uses concrete applications of the concept being taught (anchor) to connect what he or she is learning to a concrete experience
anchored instruction
holistic scoring
scaled scores
graphic organizer
44. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
reciprocal teaching
curriculum chunking
stanines
portfolio
45. Tool for learning in schools today
field trips
technology
simulations
Summarizing and Note - taking
46. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
setting objectives and providing feedback
lesson planning
mnemonics
self - evaluation
47. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores
scaled scores
whole - group instrcution
responses
criterion - referenced tests
48. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
learning centers
grade - level equivalent scores
differentiated instruction
think - pair - share
49. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
independent study
assigning home and practice
responses
questioning
50. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change
curriculum chunking
Essential Nine
flexible grouping
Numbered Heads together
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