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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






3. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






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






5. 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






6. Reading or hearing






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






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






9. In original unaltered form






10. 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)






11. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






12. Oral - written - or through visual performance






13. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






14. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






17. Develop the response






18. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






23. Tool for learning in schools today






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals






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






37. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






39. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






42. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






46. Essays - short - answer






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






48. 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)






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






50. Nonlinguistic and linguistic