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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reading or hearing






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






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






4. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)






5. Effective teaching model of lessons

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6. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






10. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






15. In original unaltered form






16. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






17. 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






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






19. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






20. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






25. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






29. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






34. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






36. Deciding what to believe or what to do






37. 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






38. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






39. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






40. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






47. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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