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






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






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






4. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction






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






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. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






8. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






10. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






11. Essays - short - answer






12. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






15. 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)






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






25. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






27. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






34. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






36. 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






37. In original unaltered form






38. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






45. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






50. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)