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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






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






5. Oral - written - or through visual performance






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






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






15. Deciding what to believe or what to do






16. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






19. 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






20. Tool for learning in schools today






21. 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






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






23. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






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






29. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






30. 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)






31. Reading or hearing






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






33. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






47. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






48. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






49. 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






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