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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






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






3. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






4. 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)






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






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






7. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






8. Develop the response






9. Oral - written - or through visual performance






10. Showing a student what something is or how to do something






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






12. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






21. Tool for learning in schools today






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






23. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






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






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






26. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






27. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






29. In original unaltered form






30. 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






31. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






35. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning






36. Essays - short - answer






37. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Effective teaching model of lessons

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45. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






46. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






49. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






50. Nonlinguistic and linguistic