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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. Mean = average median = midpoint mode= most common






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






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






4. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






5. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






7. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






9. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






14. Survey (preview of chapter) - question (scans headings and subheadings and rephrases them into questions) - read (read one section of chapter) - recite (answers questions in his/her own words and writes notes) - review (immediately reviews what has b






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






24. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






28. In original unaltered form






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






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






31. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






32. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






33. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






36. 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)






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






38. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






49. Scoring guide used in assessments






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