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






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






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






4. 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






5. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change






6. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






7. 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






8. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






11. Reading or hearing






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






13. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






16. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






18. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






20. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






21. When you divide a normal distribution of scores into four equal parts 25% 50% 75%






22. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






24. 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






25. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






32. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






33. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






44. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






48. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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