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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. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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






7. Reading or hearing






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






14. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






15. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






16. 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






17. 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






18. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






20. 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






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






22. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






23. In original unaltered form






24. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






27. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






28. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






30. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






31. Scoring guide used in assessments






32. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






48. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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