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






2. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






3. 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






4. 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)






5. 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






6. 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






7. In original unaltered form






8. 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






9. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






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






14. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






19. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Oral - written - or through visual performance






26. 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






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






28. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






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






30. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






31. 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)






32. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






33. Reading or hearing






34. Tool for learning in schools today






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






46. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






47. Develop the response






48. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






49. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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