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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. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Reading or hearing






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






20. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






23. 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)






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






25. Essays - short - answer






26. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas






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






33. 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






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






35. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






36. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






37. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Effective teaching model of lessons

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45. Organizing curriculum around large themes






46. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






49. Tool for learning in schools today






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