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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






11. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






13. 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)






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






15. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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)






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






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






23. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






27. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. In original unaltered form






34. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






35. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






36. Essays - short - answer






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






38. What the student feels is his or her area of weakness or strength






39. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






42. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






47. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






50. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores







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