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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. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






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






3. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






6. 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)






7. Effective teaching model of lessons

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8. 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






9. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






12. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






23. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






25. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






36. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






38. 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)






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






40. Organizing curriculum around large themes






41. Essays - short - answer






42. 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






43. Tool for learning in schools today






44. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






50. Scoring guide used in assessments