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






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






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






4. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






6. Scoring guide used in assessments






7. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






9. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






13. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






14. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






25. 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






26. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






28. Essays - short - answer






29. 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






30. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






35. Deciding what to believe or what to do






36. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






38. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






40. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






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






43. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






44. 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)






45. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






49. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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