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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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1. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
norm - referenced tests
Summarizing and Note - taking
mastery learning
essay
2. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
generating and testing hypotheses
think - pair - share
reciprocal teaching
curriculum chunking
3. Tool for learning in schools today
technology
graphic organizer
standards - based assessments
whole - group instrcution
4. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
percentile rank
lesson planning
anchored instruction
norm - referenced tests
5. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
grouping practices
differentiated instruction
double - entry page
play
6. 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
Hunter's Model
quartiles
anchored instruction
content standards
7. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing
think - pair - share
performance assessments
journals
portfolio
8. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)
transfer
whole - group instrcution
norm - referenced tests
direct instruction
9. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do
summative evalutations
standards
validity
authentic assessments
10. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)
linguistic
standard deviation
demonstrations
samples
11. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
performance standards
discovery learning
demonstrations
achievement tests
12. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
performance standards
standard deviation
think - pair - share
standards - based assessments
13. 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
norm - referenced tests
curriculum frameworks
setting objectives and providing feedback
cues - questions - and advance organizers
14. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores
positive interaction
questioning
scaled scores
SQ3R
15. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
standard error of measurment
inquiry model
critical thinking
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
16. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
setting objectives and providing feedback
anchored instruction
standard error of measurment
17. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
tiered instruction
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
norm - referenced tests
quartiles
18. 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)
differentiated instruction
grouping practices
demonstrations
thematic instruction
19. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process
group processing
play
validity
content standards
20. Effective teaching model of lessons
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21. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
discovery learning
mnemonics
questioning
aptitude tests
22. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm
scaled scores
group processing
mean - median - and mode
percentile rank
23. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning
holistic scoring
transfer
formative evaluations
generating and testing hypotheses
24. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
performance assessments
Numbered Heads together
positive interdependence
curriculum frameworks
25. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
service learning
simulations
lesson planning
flexible grouping
26. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation
simulations
SQ3R
discussion
graphic organizer
27. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
aptitude tests
direct instruction
technology
reliability
28. 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
self - evaluation
lesson planning
performance standards
curriculum chunking
29. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
critical thinking
assigning home and practice
Essential Nine
essay
30. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
generating and testing hypotheses
discovery learning
nonlinguistic
percentile rank
31. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
formative evaluations
Numbered Heads together
differentiated instruction
content standards
32. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
diagnostic evaluations
group processing
service learning
setting objectives and providing feedback
33. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)
independent study
criterion - referenced tests
Knowledge storage
emergent curriculum
34. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
tiered instruction
direct instruction
performance assessments
Summarizing and Note - taking
35. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level
performance standards
criterion - referenced tests
group processing
primary source documents
36. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors
positive interaction
observation
Essential Nine
school - to - work
37. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)
linguistic
independent study
interdisciplinary instruction
scaled scores
38. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
Jigsaw
tiered instruction
validity
reciprocal teaching
39. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%
quartiles
Identifying similarities and differences
differentiated instruction
curriculum frameworks
40. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives
anecdotal records
graphic organizer
lesson planning
behavioral and cognitive objectives
41. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
stanines
independent study
cooperative learning
scaled scores
42. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
anticipatory set
holistic scoring
school - to - work
norm - referenced tests
43. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
school - to - work
generating and testing hypotheses
percentile rank
raw score
44. Nonlinguistic and linguistic
differentiated instruction
group processing
generating and testing hypotheses
Knowledge storage
45. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars
thematic instruction
demonstrations
standard error of measurment
discussion
46. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly
service learning
questioning
performance standards
raw score
47. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
percentile rank
positive interaction
emergent curriculum
questioning
48. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
journals
mnemonics
responses
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
49. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common
mean - median - and mode
discussion
assigning home and practice
think - pair - share
50. 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)
school - to - work
content standards
mean - median - and mode
setting objectives and providing feedback