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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do






11. Deciding what to believe or what to do






12. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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






18. Organizing curriculum around large themes






19. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






20. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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






26. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






27. 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






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






29. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






30. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






31. Tool for learning in schools today






32. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






36. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






38. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure






39. 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)






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






48. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






50. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties