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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength






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






3. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






24. 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






25. Organizing curriculum around large themes






26. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






28. 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)






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






30. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






40. 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






41. Develop the response






42. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






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






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






48. Oral - written - or through visual performance






49. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






50. 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







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