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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. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






4. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






6. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






7. 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






8. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength






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






10. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context






11. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic






12. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






15. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






19. Effective teaching model of lessons

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20. In original unaltered form






21. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom






22. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






23. 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)






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






25. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






26. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






29. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning






30. 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)






31. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)






32. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships






33. 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






34. Showing a student what something is or how to do something






35. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover






36. 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






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






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






39. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






42. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Organizing curriculum around large themes






48. Helps prepare students' minds for instruction; research has found that learning increases when teachers focus on what is most important - not what students might think is the most interesting






49. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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