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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






3. 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)






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






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






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






7. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






8. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






9. 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






10. Develop the response






11. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






13. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






14. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






15. 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






16. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






18. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






22. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






24. 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)






25. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






26. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






32. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






36. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher






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






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






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






40. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






41. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm






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






43. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






46. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question






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






48. 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






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






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