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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. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






4. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






7. Develop the response






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






9. 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)






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






11. Reading or hearing






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






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






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






15. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






16. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level






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






18. Organizing curriculum around large themes






19. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






21. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






26. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






29. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






32. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






34. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






35. 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






36. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






37. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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