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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Effective teaching model of lessons

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7. Essays - short - answer






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






9. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Reading or hearing






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






24. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






27. In original unaltered form






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






29. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






30. Set induction as an activity at the start of a lesson used to set the stage for learning in order to help motivate students and activate prior knowledge






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






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






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






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






35. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






36. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






40. 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)






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






46. Scoring guide used in assessments






47. 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)






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






49. Oral - written - or through visual performance






50. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic







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