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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.
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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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






9. 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






10. Oral - written - or through visual performance






11. Reading or hearing






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






13. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






35. Essays - short - answer






36. 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)






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






38. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






41. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






42. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






43. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






45. 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)






46. 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






47. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






50. Develop the response