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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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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. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






11. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






13. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






14. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






15. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






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






17. Develop the response






18. Essays - short - answer






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






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






21. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






22. In original unaltered form






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






24. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






29. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Effective teaching model of lessons

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38. 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






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






40. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas






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






42. 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)






43. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






44. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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