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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning






2. Oral - written - or through visual performance






3. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






13. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






17. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






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






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






20. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






23. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






25. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






28. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






36. 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






37. 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)






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






39. In original unaltered form






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






41. Tool for learning in schools today






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






43. Set clear expectations for lessons (not too narrow); students need to understand big picture and be able to connect what they are leanring to experiences and events (use advance organizers)






44. 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






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






46. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






47. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






50. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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