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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, 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/student discussion to improve comprehension






2. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






3. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






5. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






6. Reading or hearing






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






18. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






23. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






35. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. Develop the response






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






44. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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