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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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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. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do
standards
reciprocal teaching
cooperative learning
critical thinking
2. Effective teaching model of lessons
3. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
percentile rank
technology
achievement tests
Hunter's Model
4. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
quartiles
stanines
curriculum compacting
discussion
5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
generating and testing hypotheses
journals
cues - questions - and advance organizers
mnemonics
6. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
positive interaction
behavioral and cognitive objectives
SQ3R
lesson planning
7. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)
whole - group instrcution
criterion - referenced tests
stanines
observation
8. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)
whole - group instrcution
school - to - work
standard deviation
achievement tests
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)
anecdotal records
grade - level equivalent scores
questioning
standard error of measurment
10. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning
anecdotal records
curriculum compacting
formative evaluations
mean - median - and mode
11. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
differentiated instruction
interdisciplinary instruction
tiered instruction
service learning
12. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
rubrics
achievement tests
flexible grouping
Summarizing and Note - taking
13. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
lesson planning
reciprocal teaching
nonlinguistic
assigning home and practice
14. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
nonlinguistic
emergent curriculum
reliability
critical thinking
15. 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)
setting objectives and providing feedback
thematic instruction
Jigsaw
grouping practices
16. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
direct instruction
inquiry model
percentile rank
learning centers
17. 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
generating and testing hypotheses
grouping practices
group processing
mnemonics
18. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
discovery learning
simulations
content standards
field trips
19. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
standards
cues - questions - and advance organizers
service learning
group processing
20. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
lesson planning
content standards
nonlinguistic
inquiry model
21. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
group processing
criterion - referenced tests
mastery learning
performance assessments
22. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
holistic scoring
portfolio
positive interdependence
aptitude tests
23. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation
mnemonics
Hunter's Model
mastery learning
simulations
24. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)
flexible grouping
standard deviation
cues - questions - and advance organizers
differentiated instruction
25. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
Summarizing and Note - taking
nonlinguistic
diagnostic evaluations
aptitude tests
26. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
summative evalutations
project - based learning
cues - questions - and advance organizers
Numbered Heads together
27. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
thematic instruction
emergent curriculum
grade - level equivalent scores
nonlinguistic
28. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm
percentile rank
think - pair - share
holistic scoring
anecdotal records
29. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
questioning
content standards
Identifying similarities and differences
holistic scoring
30. 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
cues - questions - and advance organizers
discussion
critical thinking
analytical scoring
31. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
school - to - work
tiered instruction
technology
inquiry model
32. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)
norm - referenced tests
double - entry page
technology
samples
33. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover
simulations
direct instruction
learning centers
play
34. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
reciprocal teaching
project - based learning
differentiated instruction
mastery learning
35. 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
reliability
journals
anticipatory set
observation
36. Tool for learning in schools today
validity
technology
school - to - work
Summarizing and Note - taking
37. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
authentic assessments
analytical scoring
journals
validity
38. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores
performance assessments
scaled scores
setting objectives and providing feedback
double - entry page
39. Essays - short - answer
analytical scoring
cues - questions - and advance organizers
play
setting objectives and providing feedback
40. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
positive interaction
Jigsaw
inquiry model
reliability
41. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)
journals
simulations
mnemonics
anecdotal records
42. Scoring guide used in assessments
graphic organizer
rubrics
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
play
43. 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
performance assessments
SQ3R
holistic scoring
Knowledge storage
44. Organizing curriculum around large themes
thematic instruction
rubrics
stanines
flexible grouping
45. 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
curriculum compacting
grade - level equivalent scores
Hunter's Model
scaled scores
46. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared
positive interdependence
reliability
standard error of measurment
grade - level equivalent scores
47. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
discovery learning
standards - based assessments
Essential Nine
achievement tests
48. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
diagnostic evaluations
setting objectives and providing feedback
think - pair - share
primary source documents
49. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors
positive interdependence
Jigsaw
discussion
observation
50. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change
mnemonics
Identifying similarities and differences
flexible grouping
samples