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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






3. Tool for learning in schools today






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






5. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context






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






7. In original unaltered form






8. 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






9. Reading or hearing






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






11. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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)






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






19. Organizing curriculum around large themes






20. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






21. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






24. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






29. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






30. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






42. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






46. Develop the response






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






48. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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