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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






2. Develop the response






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






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






5. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






6. 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)






7. 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






8. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






9. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






17. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Reading or hearing






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






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






25. Deciding what to believe or what to do






26. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






28. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






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






34. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do






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






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






37. In original unaltered form






38. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Essays - short - answer






46. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






50. 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)







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