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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






16. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process






17. 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)






18. Reading or hearing






19. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






41. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






42. Develop the response






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






44. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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