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






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






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






4. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






6. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Develop the response






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






22. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






24. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






27. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






30. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






33. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






39. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






40. Reading or hearing






41. Deciding what to believe or what to do






42. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






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






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






50. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses