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






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






3. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






4. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






12. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






13. Oral - written - or through visual performance






14. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






18. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






20. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






24. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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)






36. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






37. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






40. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






43. Reading or hearing






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Effective teaching model of lessons

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