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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Essays - short - answer






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






8. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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)






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






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






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






19. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






20. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






24. 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






25. In original unaltered form






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






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






28. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






31. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






32. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






34. 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






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






36. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






38. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)






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






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






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






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






43. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






46. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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