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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five






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






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






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






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






6. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






9. 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






10. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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)






17. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






19. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






20. 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)






21. 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






22. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






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






27. Develop the response






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






29. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






30. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






40. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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