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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






16. Deciding what to believe or what to do






17. 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)






18. 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)






19. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






26. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






28. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






31. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






32. Essays - short - answer






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






34. Reading or hearing






35. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






39. Develop the response






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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