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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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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. Effective teaching model of lessons


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






3. 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






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






5. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






21. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






23. 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






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






25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






27. 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)






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






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






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






31. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






32. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






33. Develop the response






34. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






35. In original unaltered form






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






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. Organizing curriculum around large themes






39. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






41. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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