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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






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






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






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






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






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






7. Develop the response






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






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






10. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






13. Oral - written - or through visual performance






14. 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)






15. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






17. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






41. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






45. 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)






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






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






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






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






50. Reading or hearing