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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Deciding what to believe or what to do






2. Develop the response






3. 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)






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






5. 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






6. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






7. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






19. Effective teaching model of lessons

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20. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle






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






22. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






36. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






38. 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






39. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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