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






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






3. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






4. 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






5. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






8. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






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






14. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






33. Carefully planned lessons presented in small - attainable increments with clearly defined goals and objectives (lectures - demonstrations - review of student performance - student examination)






34. 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






35. 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






36. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






39. 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






40. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






42. Develop the response






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






44. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






46. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






48. 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)






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






50. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals