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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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teaching
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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)
reciprocal teaching
raw score
simulations
grouping practices
2. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors
observation
curriculum compacting
questioning
norm - referenced tests
3. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
validity
Summarizing and Note - taking
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
curriculum compacting
4. Develop the response
aptitude tests
anecdotal records
cues - questions - and advance organizers
authentic assessments
5. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)
standard deviation
achievement tests
Identifying similarities and differences
emergent curriculum
6. 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
grouping practices
cues - questions - and advance organizers
anchored instruction
Essential Nine
7. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars
discussion
double - entry page
differentiated instruction
interpersonal skills
8. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context
samples
essay
group processing
grade - level equivalent scores
9. Effective teaching model of lessons
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10. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
lesson planning
reciprocal teaching
content standards
tiered instruction
11. Tool for learning in schools today
independent study
stanines
transfer
technology
12. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)
Knowledge storage
discovery learning
criterion - referenced tests
content standards
13. 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)
rubrics
curriculum chunking
questioning
cooperative learning
14. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment
summative evalutations
anticipatory set
performance assessments
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
15. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common
critical thinking
setting objectives and providing feedback
quartiles
mean - median - and mode
16. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
assigning home and practice
technology
individual and group accontability
field trips
17. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task
inquiry model
individual and group accontability
portfolio
simulations
18. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
emergent curriculum
grouping practices
authentic assessments
analytical scoring
19. 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
behavioral and cognitive objectives
cues - questions - and advance organizers
curriculum chunking
self - evaluation
20. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
journals
lesson planning
responses
positive interdependence
21. Reading or hearing
rubrics
norm - referenced tests
linguistic
group processing
22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly
positive interaction
thematic instruction
Identifying similarities and differences
raw score
23. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher
standards - based assessments
mnemonics
samples
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
24. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
graphic organizer
curriculum compacting
mastery learning
stanines
25. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives
group processing
performance assessments
school - to - work
behavioral and cognitive objectives
26. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
anecdotal records
Summarizing and Note - taking
discussion
holistic scoring
27. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change
flexible grouping
percentile rank
positive interaction
portfolio
28. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
interdisciplinary instruction
positive interaction
curriculum compacting
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
29. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
generating and testing hypotheses
positive interdependence
assigning home and practice
self - evaluation
30. Deciding what to believe or what to do
linguistic
nonlinguistic
critical thinking
rubrics
31. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles
learning centers
raw score
Numbered Heads together
curriculum chunking
32. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
project - based learning
diagnostic evaluations
interdisciplinary instruction
positive interaction
33. Showing a student what something is or how to do something
performance assessments
summative evalutations
field trips
demonstrations
34. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
assigning home and practice
whole - group instrcution
anticipatory set
learning centers
35. Nonlinguistic and linguistic
technology
analytical scoring
stanines
Knowledge storage
36. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)
differentiated instruction
service learning
independent study
norm - referenced tests
37. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
aptitude tests
self - evaluation
school - to - work
interdisciplinary instruction
38. Scoring guide used in assessments
rubrics
grade - level equivalent scores
Identifying similarities and differences
content standards
39. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
Hunter's Model
Essential Nine
percentile rank
cues - questions - and advance organizers
40. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
assigning home and practice
curriculum compacting
grade - level equivalent scores
positive interaction
41. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
reliability
formative evaluations
Numbered Heads together
linguistic
42. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area
anecdotal records
holistic scoring
self - evaluation
portfolio
43. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
aptitude tests
achievement tests
standards
mastery learning
44. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps
graphic organizer
achievement tests
mean - median - and mode
responses
45. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
interpersonal skills
learning centers
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
Jigsaw
46. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)
summative evalutations
transfer
analytical scoring
emergent curriculum
47. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
stanines
individual and group accontability
authentic assessments
mean - median - and mode
48. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
mastery learning
authentic assessments
curriculum compacting
standard error of measurment
49. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
direct instruction
samples
achievement tests
percentile rank
50. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
primary source documents
service learning
Identifying similarities and differences
mnemonics