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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. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






2. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






4. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






7. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






8. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






9. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)






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






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






17. 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






18. Effective teaching model of lessons

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19. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Teacher uses a group - based teacher - centered instructional approach to provide learning conditions for all students to achieve mastery of assigned information






28. Reading or hearing






29. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






31. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






35. Teacher breaks down unit's content into smaller units and provides support and frequent feedback to the student as he or she demonstrates understanding of each unit






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






37. Tool for learning in schools today






38. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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)






47. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






49. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






50. Scoring guide used in assessments