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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. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






2. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






5. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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)






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






19. 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)






20. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






21. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






24. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction






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






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






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






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






29. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






30. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






33. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






35. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






38. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






41. 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






42. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






43. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






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






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






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






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. 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)






49. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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