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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. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






2. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations






3. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






5. 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)






6. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






8. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






11. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






12. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






14. 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






15. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






17. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Reading or hearing






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






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






33. 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)






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






35. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






37. 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






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






39. Develop the response






40. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






42. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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