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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. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






5. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






7. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






12. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom






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






14. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






16. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






22. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






23. 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






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






25. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles






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






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






28. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher






29. Tool for learning in schools today






30. Deciding what to believe or what to do






31. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






32. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






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






34. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Reading or hearing






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






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






43. Develop the response






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






45. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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