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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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)






12. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






20. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






21. 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)






22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






24. Oral - written - or through visual performance






25. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






26. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






29. 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)






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






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






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






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






34. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






37. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






44. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Essays - short - answer







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