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






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






3. 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






4. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






6. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






7. 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






8. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






18. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






19. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






33. In original unaltered form






34. 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)






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






36. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






38. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






41. Deciding what to believe or what to do






42. 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)






43. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






46. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






47. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)






48. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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