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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
diagnostic evaluations
cooperative learning
scaled scores
project - based learning
2. 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
quartiles
anticipatory set
cues - questions - and advance organizers
standard error of measurment
3. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)
standard deviation
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
Identifying similarities and differences
analytical scoring
4. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations
curriculum frameworks
percentile rank
diagnostic evaluations
individual and group accontability
5. Develop the response
performance assessments
authentic assessments
mnemonics
setting objectives and providing feedback
6. Oral - written - or through visual performance
grade - level equivalent scores
responses
observation
graphic organizer
7. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area
portfolio
anchored instruction
tiered instruction
independent study
8. Scoring guide used in assessments
project - based learning
rubrics
behavioral and cognitive objectives
setting objectives and providing feedback
9. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
self - evaluation
standard deviation
discussion
10. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context
standard error of measurment
Knowledge storage
linguistic
essay
11. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
inquiry model
anecdotal records
think - pair - share
field trips
12. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%
emergent curriculum
rubrics
curriculum chunking
quartiles
13. 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
technology
transfer
Numbered Heads together
critical thinking
14. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
quartiles
school - to - work
differentiated instruction
flexible grouping
15. Effective teaching model of lessons
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16. Nonlinguistic and linguistic
standard error of measurment
Knowledge storage
independent study
discovery learning
17. 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)
Hunter's Model
field trips
double - entry page
setting objectives and providing feedback
18. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher
discussion
curriculum frameworks
achievement tests
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
19. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars
assigning home and practice
behavioral and cognitive objectives
demonstrations
discussion
20. Reading or hearing
standard error of measurment
individual and group accontability
self - evaluation
linguistic
21. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
positive interaction
reciprocal teaching
holistic scoring
differentiated instruction
22. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections
double - entry page
primary source documents
journals
lesson planning
23. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
lesson planning
curriculum chunking
criterion - referenced tests
transfer
24. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
discovery learning
norm - referenced tests
technology
summative evalutations
25. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population
assigning home and practice
generating and testing hypotheses
anchored instruction
samples
26. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
performance assessments
school - to - work
whole - group instrcution
questioning
27. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
nonlinguistic
interpersonal skills
standards
graphic organizer
28. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
samples
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
positive interdependence
emergent curriculum
29. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction
rubrics
lesson planning
field trips
summative evalutations
30. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing
journals
curriculum chunking
Summarizing and Note - taking
mastery learning
31. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
standard error of measurment
individual and group accontability
responses
standards - based assessments
32. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
Essential Nine
anticipatory set
emergent curriculum
positive interdependence
33. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
Hunter's Model
scaled scores
curriculum chunking
positive interaction
34. Using previously learned material in a new situation or context (often supported in the closing of the lesson)
performance standards
interdisciplinary instruction
transfer
assigning home and practice
35. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals
Knowledge storage
cooperative learning
flexible grouping
Numbered Heads together
36. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
achievement tests
curriculum frameworks
norm - referenced tests
mastery learning
37. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
assigning home and practice
observation
standard error of measurment
grade - level equivalent scores
38. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
anticipatory set
reliability
rubrics
responses
39. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
direct instruction
project - based learning
setting objectives and providing feedback
whole - group instrcution
40. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
independent study
curriculum compacting
mnemonics
SQ3R
41. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
thematic instruction
assigning home and practice
samples
standard deviation
42. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
grade - level equivalent scores
individual and group accontability
Summarizing and Note - taking
standard error of measurment
43. In original unaltered form
double - entry page
performance standards
analytical scoring
primary source documents
44. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common
critical thinking
mean - median - and mode
Jigsaw
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
45. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
performance assessments
inquiry model
lesson planning
primary source documents
46. 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
generating and testing hypotheses
content standards
positive interaction
Essential Nine
47. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
Knowledge storage
cues - questions - and advance organizers
standard deviation
interdisciplinary instruction
48. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning
critical thinking
grouping practices
SQ3R
formative evaluations
49. 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
Hunter's Model
Jigsaw
double - entry page
learning centers
50. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body
direct instruction
nonlinguistic
curriculum frameworks
holistic scoring