Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






7. Develop the response






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






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






10. Essays - short - answer






11. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






12. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






15. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






17. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment






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






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






25. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






30. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






32. 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)






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






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






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






36. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






37. Tool for learning in schools today






38. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






39. In original unaltered form






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






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






42. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






45. 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






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






47. Reading or hearing






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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)