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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. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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. Reading or hearing






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






10. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






16. 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






17. Oral - written - or through visual performance






18. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






39. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






40. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






42. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






45. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






47. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






49. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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