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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






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






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






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






5. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






6. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






10. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






11. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






14. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment






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






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






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






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






19. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






21. Essays - short - answer






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






23. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






27. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change






28. Reading or hearing






29. 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






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






31. In original unaltered form






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






42. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






44. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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