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






2. 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






3. Reading or hearing






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






5. Essays - short - answer






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Develop the response






11. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Set clear expectations for lessons (not too narrow); students need to understand big picture and be able to connect what they are leanring to experiences and events (use advance organizers)






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






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






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






21. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






26. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






28. 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)






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






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






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






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






33. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






44. 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






45. Tool for learning in schools today






46. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






48. 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)






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






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