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






2. 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)






3. 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






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






5. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






8. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






11. 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






12. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






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






18. Deciding what to believe or what to do






19. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






20. 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






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






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. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






28. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






31. Reading or hearing






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






33. Tool for learning in schools today






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






35. 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






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






37. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






45. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






48. 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)






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






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