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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






2. Develop the response






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






4. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






6. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment






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






8. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






9. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)






10. 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






11. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






12. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)






13. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






14. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






15. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






17. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






18. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%






19. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars






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






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






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






23. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm






24. Essays - short - answer






25. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






26. Set induction as an activity at the start of a lesson used to set the stage for learning in order to help motivate students and activate prior knowledge






27. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure






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






29. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction






30. Organizing curriculum around large themes






31. Tool for learning in schools today






32. 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






33. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






34. 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)






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






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






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






38. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question






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






40. Carefully planned lessons presented in small - attainable increments with clearly defined goals and objectives (lectures - demonstrations - review of student performance - student examination)






41. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals






42. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






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






44. Partner check (complete work individually and then check with partner) - group investigation (students are assigned a topic and prepare a report or summary to share with the whole class)






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






46. Reading or hearing






47. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change






48. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






49. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do






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