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






2. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






3. Reading or hearing






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






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






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






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






8. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






10. 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)






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






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






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






14. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






16. 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)






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






38. Deciding what to believe or what to do






39. 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)






40. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






41. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






42. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






43. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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