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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






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






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






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






5. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






11. Develop the response






12. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Essays - short - answer






25. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






27. 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)






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






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






30. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






32. 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






33. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






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






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






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






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






38. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






47. 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






48. Effective teaching model of lessons

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49. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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