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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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teaching
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)
discovery learning
performance assessments
lesson planning
positive interdependence
2. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors
observation
standard deviation
cooperative learning
grade - level equivalent scores
3. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
observation
graphic organizer
inquiry model
reliability
4. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
assigning home and practice
setting objectives and providing feedback
tiered instruction
performance standards
5. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population
samples
questioning
grouping practices
cooperative learning
6. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles
group processing
simulations
percentile rank
learning centers
7. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly
transfer
project - based learning
service learning
raw score
8. Develop the response
interpersonal skills
independent study
anchored instruction
authentic assessments
9. Scoring guide used in assessments
curriculum chunking
standards - based assessments
Numbered Heads together
rubrics
10. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover
achievement tests
play
summative evalutations
norm - referenced tests
11. Oral - written - or through visual performance
responses
simulations
norm - referenced tests
positive interdependence
12. 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)
grouping practices
Summarizing and Note - taking
summative evalutations
technology
13. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps
simulations
anchored instruction
graphic organizer
whole - group instrcution
14. Tool for learning in schools today
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
interdisciplinary instruction
emergent curriculum
technology
15. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
technology
stanines
critical thinking
interpersonal skills
16. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals
interdisciplinary instruction
achievement tests
cooperative learning
Hunter's Model
17. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections
direct instruction
double - entry page
curriculum chunking
Essential Nine
18. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
holistic scoring
grouping practices
interdisciplinary instruction
Knowledge storage
19. Organizing curriculum around large themes
demonstrations
learning centers
thematic instruction
nonlinguistic
20. Showing a student what something is or how to do something
demonstrations
percentile rank
mean - median - and mode
flexible grouping
21. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)
criterion - referenced tests
essay
positive interaction
independent study
22. Combines service to the community with learning inside and outside the classroom
analytical scoring
norm - referenced tests
service learning
validity
23. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
interpersonal skills
standards
demonstrations
assigning home and practice
24. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context
performance standards
summative evalutations
essay
curriculum chunking
25. 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
project - based learning
anchored instruction
mean - median - and mode
differentiated instruction
26. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information
behavioral and cognitive objectives
Jigsaw
mastery learning
discovery learning
27. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle
transfer
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
thematic instruction
service learning
28. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
field trips
standards
Identifying similarities and differences
validity
29. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment
tiered instruction
project - based learning
setting objectives and providing feedback
performance assessments
30. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
positive interaction
standards
positive interdependence
transfer
31. Deciding what to believe or what to do
lesson planning
mnemonics
reinforcing effort/providing recognition
critical thinking
32. 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
summative evalutations
generating and testing hypotheses
reliability
33. 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
SQ3R
thematic instruction
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
critical thinking
34. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
nonlinguistic
content standards
generating and testing hypotheses
mastery learning
35. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)
positive interaction
Identifying similarities and differences
rubrics
standard error of measurment
36. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
project - based learning
setting objectives and providing feedback
learning centers
portfolio
37. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
journals
think - pair - share
percentile rank
samples
38. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures
portfolio
interdisciplinary instruction
reliability
holistic scoring
39. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
Summarizing and Note - taking
tiered instruction
direct instruction
cooperative learning
40. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task
think - pair - share
individual and group accontability
positive interaction
interpersonal skills
41. Four or five students who collaborate on worksheets designed to provide extended practice on instruction given by the teacher
inquiry model
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
percentile rank
thematic instruction
42. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
thematic instruction
Essential Nine
cooperative learning
Knowledge storage
43. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars
discussion
performance assessments
summative evalutations
group processing
44. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
holistic scoring
Numbered Heads together
standards - based assessments
transfer
45. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
reciprocal teaching
standard deviation
reliability
diagnostic evaluations
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
whole - group instrcution
curriculum chunking
school - to - work
achievement tests
47. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
anecdotal records
standard deviation
lesson planning
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
48. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)
demonstrations
essay
mnemonics
anecdotal records
49. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
assigning home and practice
demonstrations
grade - level equivalent scores
nonlinguistic
50. Essays - short - answer
cooperative learning
formative evaluations
analytical scoring
assigning home and practice