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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. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






8. 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






9. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






15. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






18. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment






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






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






21. Reading or hearing






22. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






31. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






33. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






35. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






45. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






46. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






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






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






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






50. 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)