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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






3. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






6. 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)






7. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






9. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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. Deciding what to believe or what to do






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Reading or hearing






37. Essays - short - answer






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






39. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






40. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






48. 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






49. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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