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






2. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






3. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






5. 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






6. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Deciding what to believe or what to do






14. 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)






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






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






17. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






23. Essays - short - answer






24. 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






25. Tool for learning in schools today






26. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






27. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






28. Develop the response






29. 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)






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Oral - written - or through visual performance






46. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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)