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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. Reading or hearing






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






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






4. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






5. 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






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






7. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






19. 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)






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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)






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






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






34. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






35. 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






36. Scoring guide used in assessments






37. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






39. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






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






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






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






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






44. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






45. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






46. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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