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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






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






10. 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






11. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






12. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






13. 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






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






15. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Reading or hearing






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






25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






38. Develop the response






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






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






41. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






42. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






45. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






50. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning