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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. 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






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






3. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






4. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






5. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






8. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






9. Reading or hearing






10. Scoring guide used in assessments






11. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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)






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Tool for learning in schools today






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






41. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






42. 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






43. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






45. Effective teaching model of lessons

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46. Essays - short - answer






47. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






48. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






49. 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)






50. Organizing curriculum around large themes