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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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Subjects
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praxis
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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. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
Numbered Heads together
inquiry model
think - pair - share
anticipatory set
2. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%
thematic instruction
quartiles
tiered instruction
achievement tests
3. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)
mean - median - and mode
whole - group instrcution
Hunter's Model
Essential Nine
4. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
mnemonics
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
emergent curriculum
norm - referenced tests
5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
mnemonics
Jigsaw
observation
whole - group instrcution
6. Scoring guide used in assessments
flexible grouping
quartiles
Essential Nine
rubrics
7. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
generating and testing hypotheses
interpersonal skills
grouping practices
school - to - work
8. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
anticipatory set
Essential Nine
interdisciplinary instruction
stanines
9. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles
standard error of measurment
curriculum compacting
positive interaction
learning centers
10. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)
cues - questions - and advance organizers
anecdotal records
standard error of measurment
anticipatory set
11. 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
tiered instruction
portfolio
Jigsaw
formative evaluations
12. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps
interdisciplinary instruction
percentile rank
graphic organizer
responses
13. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared
Knowledge storage
demonstrations
assigning home and practice
grade - level equivalent scores
14. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
demonstrations
reliability
standards - based assessments
curriculum frameworks
15. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm
flexible grouping
grouping practices
field trips
percentile rank
16. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing
formative evaluations
scaled scores
journals
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
17. 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
curriculum chunking
observation
Identifying similarities and differences
positive interdependence
18. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation
interdisciplinary instruction
simulations
responses
Hunter's Model
19. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
whole - group instrcution
cues - questions - and advance organizers
primary source documents
Essential Nine
20. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
stanines
project - based learning
grade - level equivalent scores
assigning home and practice
21. Deciding what to believe or what to do
summative evalutations
aptitude tests
flexible grouping
critical thinking
22. Effective teaching model of lessons
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23. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals
authentic assessments
standards - based assessments
cooperative learning
stanines
24. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
holistic scoring
reciprocal teaching
stanines
project - based learning
25. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
interpersonal skills
journals
reciprocal teaching
standard deviation
26. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
lesson planning
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
self - evaluation
individual and group accontability
27. In original unaltered form
tiered instruction
primary source documents
interpersonal skills
school - to - work
28. Tool for learning in schools today
holistic scoring
self - evaluation
behavioral and cognitive objectives
technology
29. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors
independent study
observation
responses
holistic scoring
30. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)
school - to - work
Identifying similarities and differences
simulations
cues - questions - and advance organizers
31. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
differentiated instruction
inquiry model
setting objectives and providing feedback
reciprocal teaching
32. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover
Numbered Heads together
play
mean - median - and mode
standards
33. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
Identifying similarities and differences
criterion - referenced tests
discovery learning
inquiry model
34. 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
mastery learning
samples
cooperative learning
generating and testing hypotheses
35. Organizing curriculum around large themes
Hunter's Model
reliability
thematic instruction
project - based learning
36. 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
discussion
stanines
interpersonal skills
SQ3R
37. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)
transfer
reliability
analytical scoring
norm - referenced tests
38. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives
service learning
cues - questions - and advance organizers
criterion - referenced tests
behavioral and cognitive objectives
39. 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
essay
interpersonal skills
norm - referenced tests
curriculum compacting
40. Reading or hearing
linguistic
Identifying similarities and differences
inquiry model
observation
41. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change
Knowledge storage
double - entry page
flexible grouping
portfolio
42. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
standards - based assessments
Summarizing and Note - taking
scaled scores
generating and testing hypotheses
43. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
flexible grouping
lesson planning
validity
Summarizing and Note - taking
44. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
emergent curriculum
field trips
service learning
critical thinking
45. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process
group processing
interdisciplinary instruction
portfolio
linguistic
46. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
discovery learning
standards - based assessments
reliability
positive interaction
47. 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
cooperative learning
Numbered Heads together
independent study
interpersonal skills
48. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment
transfer
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
quartiles
performance assessments
49. Showing a student what something is or how to do something
demonstrations
achievement tests
authentic assessments
content standards
50. Essays - short - answer
analytical scoring
emergent curriculum
mean - median - and mode
scaled scores