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






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






3. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






6. 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)






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






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






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






10. Develop the response






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Deciding what to believe or what to do






17. 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






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






19. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






20. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






24. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






27. Tool for learning in schools today






28. Reading or hearing






29. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






31. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






32. 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)






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






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






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






36. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






37. 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






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






39. Scoring guide used in assessments






40. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






42. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






45. 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)






46. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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