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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength
samples
holistic scoring
Essential Nine
self - evaluation
2. Teachers must provide an opportunity for feedback - not only on the group's product but also on the group's process
school - to - work
thematic instruction
technology
group processing
3. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
stanines
anchored instruction
SQ3R
graphic organizer
4. 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)
summative evalutations
samples
criterion - referenced tests
questioning
5. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area
thematic instruction
setting objectives and providing feedback
reliability
portfolio
6. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
achievement tests
standards
differentiated instruction
generating and testing hypotheses
7. Develop the response
authentic assessments
graphic organizer
anticipatory set
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
8. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
self - evaluation
holistic scoring
mastery learning
performance assessments
9. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
setting objectives and providing feedback
reciprocal teaching
analytical scoring
curriculum compacting
10. Deciding what to believe or what to do
learning centers
critical thinking
content standards
mnemonics
11. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment
questioning
grade - level equivalent scores
performance assessments
holistic scoring
12. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
diagnostic evaluations
Numbered Heads together
journals
interdisciplinary instruction
13. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
raw score
project - based learning
anecdotal records
portfolio
14. Tool for learning in schools today
field trips
technology
flexible grouping
achievement tests
15. 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
flexible grouping
anecdotal records
discussion
cues - questions - and advance organizers
16. 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
school - to - work
simulations
SQ3R
learning centers
17. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
service learning
mastery learning
learning centers
primary source documents
18. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)
norm - referenced tests
generating and testing hypotheses
emergent curriculum
flexible grouping
19. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do
criterion - referenced tests
norm - referenced tests
standards
percentile rank
20. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
content standards
Knowledge storage
direct instruction
transfer
21. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times
anchored instruction
standard error of measurment
interpersonal skills
quartiles
22. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
curriculum frameworks
field trips
project - based learning
responses
23. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
authentic assessments
positive interaction
transfer
school - to - work
24. 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
inquiry model
field trips
whole - group instrcution
anticipatory set
25. 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
Jigsaw
responses
validity
curriculum chunking
26. Carefully planned lessons presented in small - attainable increments with clearly defined goals and objectives (lectures - demonstrations - review of student performance - student examination)
behavioral and cognitive objectives
direct instruction
raw score
independent study
27. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)
standards
criterion - referenced tests
mnemonics
linguistic
28. Instructional apporach that ties information to an anchor; student uses concrete applications of the concept being taught (anchor) to connect what he or she is learning to a concrete experience
standard deviation
standards - based assessments
anchored instruction
standard error of measurment
29. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common
mean - median - and mode
portfolio
standards - based assessments
authentic assessments
30. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
learning centers
tiered instruction
group processing
cooperative learning
31. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
aptitude tests
grouping practices
anticipatory set
questioning
32. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
mnemonics
aptitude tests
Numbered Heads together
think - pair - share
33. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm
play
percentile rank
norm - referenced tests
curriculum chunking
34. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
transfer
Knowledge storage
positive interaction
independent study
35. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
play
diagnostic evaluations
essay
36. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared
demonstrations
content standards
responses
grade - level equivalent scores
37. 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)
setting objectives and providing feedback
positive interdependence
summative evalutations
anchored instruction
38. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task
demonstrations
individual and group accontability
portfolio
anecdotal records
39. In original unaltered form
norm - referenced tests
cues - questions - and advance organizers
primary source documents
Identifying similarities and differences
40. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
validity
self - evaluation
performance standards
anchored instruction
41. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
mnemonics
curriculum compacting
criterion - referenced tests
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
42. Scoring guide used in assessments
self - evaluation
rubrics
demonstrations
generating and testing hypotheses
43. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
Hunter's Model
Summarizing and Note - taking
anecdotal records
interdisciplinary instruction
44. 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
curriculum frameworks
Numbered Heads together
essay
simulations
45. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning
transfer
school - to - work
interdisciplinary instruction
formative evaluations
46. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
mastery learning
thematic instruction
performance assessments
mnemonics
47. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
field trips
mnemonics
summative evalutations
grade - level equivalent scores
48. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
Jigsaw
curriculum chunking
emergent curriculum
simulations
49. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
positive interdependence
interdisciplinary instruction
field trips
anticipatory set
50. 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
performance assessments
discussion
curriculum chunking
authentic assessments