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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






2. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






5. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






7. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






10. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






12. 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






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






14. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






15. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






16. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic






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






18. 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






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






20. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






24. 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






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






26. Oral - written - or through visual performance






27. 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)






28. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






29. Scoring guide used in assessments






30. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do






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






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






33. Reading or hearing






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






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






36. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






37. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






38. 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)






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






45. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






50. In original unaltered form