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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. Organizing curriculum around large themes






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






10. In original unaltered form






11. 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






12. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






13. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






16. 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






17. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






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






19. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






20. 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)






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






26. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






27. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






34. Essays - short - answer






35. 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)






36. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






37. 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






38. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






41. Oral - written - or through visual performance






42. 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






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






44. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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