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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Oral - written - or through visual performance






2. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






4. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






6. In original unaltered form






7. Reading or hearing






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






14. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






16. 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






17. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)






18. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






20. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






31. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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






37. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level






38. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






39. 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)






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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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







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