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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm






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






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






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






5. Essays - short - answer






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






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






8. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






9. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






10. 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






11. Develop the response






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






13. 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)






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






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






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






17. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






20. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






33. Oral - written - or through visual performance






34. 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






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






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






37. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






38. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






39. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






44. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






45. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






47. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






49. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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