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






2. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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)






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






11. Develop the response






12. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






13. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






16. Essays - short - answer






17. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






19. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






20. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






22. In original unaltered form






23. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Reading or hearing






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






48. 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)






49. 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






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