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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Essays - short - answer






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






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






4. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






5. 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)






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






10. 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






11. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






13. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






15. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






18. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






19. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






23. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






25. 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






26. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






30. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)






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






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






33. Teacher breaks down unit's content into smaller units and provides support and frequent feedback to the student as he or she demonstrates understanding of each unit






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






35. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






36. 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






37. 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)






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






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






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






41. Develop the response






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






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






44. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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