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






2. 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






3. 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)






4. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






5. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






16. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. Reading or hearing






22. Deciding what to believe or what to do






23. 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






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






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






26. 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)






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






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






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






30. Essays - short - answer






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






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






33. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






34. Tool for learning in schools today






35. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






44. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






46. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






48. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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