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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






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






3. 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)






4. Develop the response






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Reading or hearing






12. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






15. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic






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






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






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






19. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






22. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






25. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






26. Essays - short - answer






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






36. Organizing curriculum around large themes






37. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






38. Deciding what to believe or what to do






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Scoring guide used in assessments






43. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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