Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






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






3. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. Effective teaching model of lessons

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






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






24. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






26. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






36. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






38. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






40. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






43. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






44. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






46. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






48. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






50. 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)