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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. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






6. Organizing curriculum around large themes






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Reading or hearing






12. 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






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






14. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






19. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Tool for learning in schools today






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






28. 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)






29. Oral - written - or through visual performance






30. 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






31. Effective teaching model of lessons


32. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






41. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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)






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