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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. 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)






2. Oral - written - or through visual performance






3. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






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






8. Essays - short - answer






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






10. 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






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






12. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






14. 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)






15. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Develop the response






25. 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






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






27. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






29. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






30. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






33. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections






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






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






36. Scoring guide used in assessments






37. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






45. 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






46. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






47. 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






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






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






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