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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. Reading or hearing






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. In original unaltered form






10. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






11. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






13. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






15. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






16. 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)






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






26. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






27. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






29. Essays - short - answer






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






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






32. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






35. 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






36. Oral - written - or through visual performance






37. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






38. 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)






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






40. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






41. 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






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






43. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






49. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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