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






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






3. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






4. 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






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






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






7. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






15. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






28. Develop the response






29. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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)






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






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






38. Essays - short - answer






39. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






40. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






41. 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)






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Deciding what to believe or what to do






48. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






49. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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