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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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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






2. Effective teaching model of lessons


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






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






5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






8. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






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)






10. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning






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






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






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






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






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)






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






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






18. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






23. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






25. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tool for learning in schools today






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






38. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






39. Essays - short - answer






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






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






42. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






44. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






48. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.






49. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






50. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change