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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






3. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Essays - short - answer






9. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






10. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






12. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






13. Develop the response






14. 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






15. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






16. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






21. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






25. Tool for learning in schools today






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






27. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






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






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






30. Reading or hearing






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






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






33. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






34. 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)






35. Deciding what to believe or what to do






36. 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)






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






38. In original unaltered form






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






40. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






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






45. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






47. 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)






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






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







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