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






2. 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






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






4. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






6. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






9. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






14. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






17. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






19. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment






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






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






22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






26. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






28. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






30. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






34. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






36. Tool for learning in schools today






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






38. Oral - written - or through visual performance






39. 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






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






41. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others






42. Develop the response






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






44. 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)






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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