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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






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






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






4. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






5. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






6. 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






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






8. Develop the response






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






10. Oral - written - or through visual performance






11. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






15. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






18. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover






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






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






21. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






22. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






23. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






24. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






38. Essays - short - answer






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






40. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






41. 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






42. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






44. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






50. Organizing curriculum around large themes