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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






4. Tool for learning in schools today






5. 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






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






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






8. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






11. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






15. Scoring guide used in assessments






16. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






17. 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)






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






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






20. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






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






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






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






24. Reading or hearing






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






26. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






28. 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)






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Effective teaching model of lessons

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37. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






41. Essays - short - answer






42. 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)






43. 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






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






45. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






50. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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