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






2. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






5. 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






6. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






8. Tool for learning in schools today






9. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






10. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






15. 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)






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






17. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






21. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations






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






30. 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






31. Effective teaching model of lessons

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32. 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






33. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






34. Essays - short - answer






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






36. Develop the response






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






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






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






40. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






43. 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






44. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






46. 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)






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






48. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)






49. Oral - written - or through visual performance






50. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors