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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%






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






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






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






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






21. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






22. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






35. 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






36. Develop the response






37. Reading or hearing






38. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question






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






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






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






42. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






43. 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






44. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






45. Tool for learning in schools today






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






47. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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







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