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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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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. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






5. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






6. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






8. 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






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






10. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)






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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






15. Set clear expectations for lessons (not too narrow); students need to understand big picture and be able to connect what they are leanring to experiences and events (use advance organizers)






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






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






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






19. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






21. Grade - level expectations or mastery (teacher - made or textbood made exam)






22. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






24. 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






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






26. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






42. 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






43. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






47. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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