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






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






3. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






4. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






7. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






8. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






10. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






13. 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






14. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






15. 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






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






17. Essays - short - answer






18. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






25. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






34. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)






35. 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






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






37. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






41. 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)






42. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






44. 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






45. Effective teaching model of lessons


46. 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






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






48. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






50. Develop the response