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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. 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






2. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






6. Develop the response






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






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






9. Deciding what to believe or what to do






10. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






11. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






13. 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)






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






28. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps






29. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






34. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






35. 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






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






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






38. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






40. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






45. Tool for learning in schools today






46. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






47. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






50. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations