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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Reading or hearing






2. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






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






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






8. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






10. Essays - short - answer






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






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. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






14. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






15. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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)






23. 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






24. Effective teaching model of lessons

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25. 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






26. 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






27. 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)






28. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






29. 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






30. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






32. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






35. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






44. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






46. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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