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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






2. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






3. Scoring guide used in assessments






4. 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






5. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






7. Tool for learning in schools today






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






9. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






28. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






37. Set induction as an activity at the start of a lesson used to set the stage for learning in order to help motivate students and activate prior knowledge






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






39. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






40. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






41. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






44. 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






45. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic






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






47. 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






48. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






49. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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