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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. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






2. 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






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






4. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






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






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






7. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






9. 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)






10. 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






11. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






13. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






15. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






16. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






17. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






19. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher






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






21. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






23. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






24. 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






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






26. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






31. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Effective teaching model of lessons


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






41. 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)






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






43. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






44. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






47. Develop the response






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






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






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