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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Deciding what to believe or what to do






14. Essays - short - answer






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






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






17. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






18. 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






19. 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






20. In original unaltered form






21. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






22. Carefully planned lessons presented in small - attainable increments with clearly defined goals and objectives (lectures - demonstrations - review of student performance - student examination)






23. 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






24. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom






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






26. Oral - written - or through visual performance






27. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






28. Tool for learning in schools today






29. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






32. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






37. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






39. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned






40. 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






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






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






43. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






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






45. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






48. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)






49. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






50. 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







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