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






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






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






4. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






7. Reading or hearing






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






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






10. Oral - written - or through visual performance






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. In original unaltered form






24. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






28. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






33. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






38. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






39. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






41. 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)






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






43. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses