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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. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






2. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






5. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






9. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






12. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task






13. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength






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






15. 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)






16. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






17. 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






18. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






19. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






24. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






26. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Effective teaching model of lessons

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37. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






47. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






48. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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