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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)






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






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






4. 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






5. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps






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






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






8. In original unaltered form






9. 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






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






11. Essays - short - answer






12. 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






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






14. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






15. 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






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






17. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)






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






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






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






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






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. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






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






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






26. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






28. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






31. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






32. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






34. 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






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






36. 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)






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






38. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






41. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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







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