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






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






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






4. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






12. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






13. 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






14. Essays - short - answer






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)






22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






24. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






27. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






29. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






40. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






41. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






43. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






48. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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