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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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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. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%






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






3. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






5. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






9. 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)






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






17. Scoring guide used in assessments






18. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






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






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






32. Develop the response






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






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






35. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






40. Effective teaching model of lessons

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41. Teacher - led or peer - led (literature circles and cooperative learning activities...lectures - recitations - reciprical teaching and Socrative seminars






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






43. Tool for learning in schools today






44. 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






45. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps






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






47. In original unaltered form






48. 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






49. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






50. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly