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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






9. 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






10. Reading or hearing






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






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






13. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






16. Effective teaching model of lessons


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






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






19. 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)






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






21. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






26. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






29. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






40. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






42. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






43. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






44. 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






45. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






47. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






48. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






50. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population