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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. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five






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






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






9. Organizing curriculum around large themes






10. Scoring guide used in assessments






11. 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






12. Written work that makes connections between new and previously learned context






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






14. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






16. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






25. 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)






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






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






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






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






30. Tool for learning in schools today






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






32. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






34. Oral - written - or through visual performance






35. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






36. In original unaltered form






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






38. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






39. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






42. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






44. 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






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






46. 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)






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






48. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






50. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension