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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. Set induction as an activity at the start of a lesson used to set the stage for learning in order to help motivate students and activate prior knowledge






2. 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






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






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






5. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






6. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)






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






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






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






10. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






23. 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






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






25. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






27. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)






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






29. 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






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






31. Deciding what to believe or what to do






32. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task






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






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






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






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






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






38. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






41. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






42. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process






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






44. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






46. 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






47. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






50. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)