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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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teaching
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%
quartiles
achievement tests
mean - median - and mode
assigning home and practice
2. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
standard error of measurment
anecdotal records
holistic scoring
whole - group instrcution
3. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
anchored instruction
curriculum frameworks
inquiry model
linguistic
4. 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
Jigsaw
generating and testing hypotheses
group processing
stanines
5. Effective teaching model of lessons
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6. 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
Numbered Heads together
curriculum compacting
behavioral and cognitive objectives
performance standards
7. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
aptitude tests
reliability
raw score
Essential Nine
8. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
aptitude tests
scaled scores
tiered instruction
Identifying similarities and differences
9. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
emergent curriculum
discovery learning
tiered instruction
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
10. Scoring guide used in assessments
achievement tests
rubrics
service learning
direct instruction
11. Essays - short - answer
primary source documents
analytical scoring
formative evaluations
technology
12. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
individual and group accontability
criterion - referenced tests
percentile rank
school - to - work
13. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
differentiated instruction
service learning
criterion - referenced tests
play
14. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
transfer
lesson planning
Summarizing and Note - taking
criterion - referenced tests
15. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
standards - based assessments
Jigsaw
summative evalutations
positive interdependence
16. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
group processing
curriculum chunking
emergent curriculum
mnemonics
17. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
service learning
graphic organizer
technology
simulations
18. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
reciprocal teaching
double - entry page
nonlinguistic
generating and testing hypotheses
19. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals
differentiated instruction
responses
cooperative learning
scaled scores
20. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
criterion - referenced tests
interpersonal skills
anchored instruction
achievement tests
21. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars
mean - median - and mode
discussion
Summarizing and Note - taking
reliability
22. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
behavioral and cognitive objectives
interdisciplinary instruction
grouping practices
performance assessments
23. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
curriculum frameworks
think - pair - share
demonstrations
field trips
24. 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
questioning
interdisciplinary instruction
SQ3R
samples
25. Reading or hearing
linguistic
technology
samples
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
26. Oral - written - or through visual performance
behavioral and cognitive objectives
responses
standard error of measurment
curriculum compacting
27. 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)
Essential Nine
questioning
direct instruction
interdisciplinary instruction
28. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
differentiated instruction
stanines
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
lesson planning
29. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
inquiry model
positive interdependence
Numbered Heads together
Jigsaw
30. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area
generating and testing hypotheses
Numbered Heads together
standard deviation
portfolio
31. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores
scaled scores
learning centers
percentile rank
criterion - referenced tests
32. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population
criterion - referenced tests
performance standards
samples
raw score
33. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
aptitude tests
journals
content standards
Essential Nine
34. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections
assigning home and practice
double - entry page
interdisciplinary instruction
curriculum frameworks
35. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)
norm - referenced tests
transfer
diagnostic evaluations
curriculum frameworks
36. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
grade - level equivalent scores
SQ3R
generating and testing hypotheses
mastery learning
37. Develop the response
play
authentic assessments
standard deviation
stanines
38. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation
simulations
assigning home and practice
school - to - work
Numbered Heads together
39. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
positive interdependence
standard deviation
standard error of measurment
anticipatory set
40. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength
mastery learning
emergent curriculum
standards - based assessments
self - evaluation
41. Showing a student what something is or how to do something
demonstrations
interdisciplinary instruction
flexible grouping
samples
42. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing
cooperative learning
journals
Hunter's Model
standard error of measurment
43. Tool for learning in schools today
technology
aptitude tests
discussion
norm - referenced tests
44. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations
curriculum frameworks
mean - median - and mode
stanines
samples
45. 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
linguistic
grouping practices
curriculum chunking
anchored instruction
46. 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)
rubrics
generating and testing hypotheses
discovery learning
setting objectives and providing feedback
47. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared
primary source documents
grade - level equivalent scores
reciprocal teaching
questioning
48. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process
cooperative learning
school - to - work
group processing
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
49. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
interpersonal skills
lesson planning
validity
Numbered Heads together
50. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context
Jigsaw
Hunter's Model
essay
cues - questions - and advance organizers