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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






2. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






4. Tool for learning in schools today






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






17. 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)






18. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






20. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






23. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






26. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






29. Effective teaching model of lessons

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30. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






32. 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)






33. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






35. 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






36. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






39. 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)






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






41. Essays - short - answer






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






43. Reading or hearing






44. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






46. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






49. Provide information about learning in progress and offer the teacher and the student an opportunity to monitor and regulate learning






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