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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






3. 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






4. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






7. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






13. 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)






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






28. In original unaltered form






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. Knowledge (who - what - where) - comprehension (interpret - retell - organize) - application (subdividing info and putting it back together) - synthesis (infer an idea) - evaluation (making a value decision)






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






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






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






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






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






36. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






47. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






49. Essays - short - answer






50. 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