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






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






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






4. 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






5. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






19. Tool for learning in schools today






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






25. Effective teaching model of lessons

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26. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






27. 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)






28. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






31. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






36. Essays - short - answer






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






38. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






40. 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)






41. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






43. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






45. Oral - written - or through visual performance






46. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






47. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






48. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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