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






2. 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






3. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






6. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






8. Effective teaching model of lessons


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






10. Essays - short - answer






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






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






14. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






17. 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)






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






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






20. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Tool for learning in schools today






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. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






37. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






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. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






49. 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






50. Scoring guide used in assessments