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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. Reading or hearing






2. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






22. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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)






32. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






35. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






37. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






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






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






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm






49. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






50. Effective teaching model of lessons

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