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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






5. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






6. 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






7. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






8. Essays - short - answer






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






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






11. In original unaltered form






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






13. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






17. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






19. Reading or hearing






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






21. 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)






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






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






24. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






30. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






31. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






43. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






46. Deciding what to believe or what to do






47. 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






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






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






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