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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






2. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






9. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






13. Reading or hearing






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






19. Essays - short - answer






20. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






24. Effective teaching model of lessons

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25. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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. 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)






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






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






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






36. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body







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