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






2. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






4. Develop the response






5. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






17. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






25. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






27. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






40. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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