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






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






3. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






5. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






19. Tool for learning in schools today






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






21. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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)






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






48. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






49. Essays - short - answer






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