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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. 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)






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






4. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






6. Develop the response






7. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others






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






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






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






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






12. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






17. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






18. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






19. Tool for learning in schools today






20. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






21. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






25. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






26. Essays - short - answer






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






28. 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






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






30. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






31. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






33. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






44. 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)






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






46. Reading or hearing






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






48. 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






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






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