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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






2. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






3. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






4. Oral - written - or through visual performance






5. 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






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






7. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






8. 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






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






10. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






14. Reading or hearing






15. Teacher finds key content that must be mastered and reduces the number of examples - activities - or lessons so that a student who is advanced can move forward and one who is lower can work for a while longer






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






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






18. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






20. Develop the response






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






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






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






24. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






25. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






30. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






31. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






34. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






38. In original unaltered form






39. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






43. 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)






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






45. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






47. Effective teaching model of lessons

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48. 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)






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






50. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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