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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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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. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






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






3. Organizing curriculum around large themes






4. 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)






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






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






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






8. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






18. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






19. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






20. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






21. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Reading or hearing






29. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






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






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. Scoring guide used in assessments






36. Tool for learning in schools today






37. 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)






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






39. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned






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






41. 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






42. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






44. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






46. Deciding what to believe or what to do






47. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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