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






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






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






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






5. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






6. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process






7. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






10. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






13. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






14. 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






15. Develop the response






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






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






18. In original unaltered form






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






20. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






22. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






24. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Reading or hearing






33. 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






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






35. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Organizing curriculum around large themes






41. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






44. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






46. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






47. 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






48. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level






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






50. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals