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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






9. 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)






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






11. Deciding what to believe or what to do






12. Collection of products that reflect progress in a content area






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






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






15. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






19. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






20. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






21. 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






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






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






24. Reading or hearing






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






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






27. 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






28. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






29. 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






30. Develop the response






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






46. 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)






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






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






49. Essays - short - answer






50. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population