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






2. In original unaltered form






3. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






5. Tool for learning in schools today






6. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






10. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






11. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others






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






13. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






22. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Organizing curriculum around large themes






31. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






35. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






37. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






43. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






45. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






47. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






49. 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






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