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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. Develop the response






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






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






5. 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






6. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






8. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






10. Tool for learning in schools today






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






12. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Effective teaching model of lessons

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21. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






22. 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






23. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






26. 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)






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






28. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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)






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






42. Reading or hearing






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






44. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






49. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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