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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. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Develop the response






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






8. 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)






9. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






10. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






16. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






19. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level






20. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






26. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






30. Organizing curriculum around large themes






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






35. Reading or hearing






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






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






38. Tool for learning in schools today






39. Scoring guide used in assessments






40. 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






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






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






43. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






44. 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






45. 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






46. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






50. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce