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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. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Organizing curriculum around large themes






13. Reading or hearing






14. Develop the response






15. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






17. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






18. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






20. Effective teaching model of lessons


21. 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)






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






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






24. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






27. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






36. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






37. Deciding what to believe or what to do






38. 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)






39. 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






40. Tool for learning in schools today






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






42. Scoring guide used in assessments






43. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment






44. Essays - short - answer






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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