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






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






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






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






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






6. 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)






7. Essays - short - answer






8. 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






9. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






11. 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






12. Develop the response






13. 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






14. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






18. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






20. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






21. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm






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






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






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






32. 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)






33. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






36. Deciding what to believe or what to do






37. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






45. 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






46. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






50. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores