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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. Scoring guide used in assessments






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. In original unaltered form






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. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






30. Develop the response






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






40. Tool for learning in schools today






41. Essays - short - answer






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






43. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






45. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






46. 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






47. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






49. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






50. 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)