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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. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom






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






3. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






7. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps






13. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






20. 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






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






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






23. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






29. Essays - short - answer






30. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






31. 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)






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






33. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






35. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






37. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






38. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






39. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






40. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






41. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






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






43. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






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






48. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R






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






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