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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. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






3. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






4. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






5. Reading or hearing






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






7. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






8. 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






9. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. Develop the response






17. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






18. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






21. 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)






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






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






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






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






26. 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)






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






33. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






36. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. In original unaltered form






47. 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






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






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






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