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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






6. Deciding what to believe or what to do






7. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






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






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






13. Instructional materials are divided and then studied by individuals or pairs of students. After they become experts on their sections of information they share the information with the group






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






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






16. In original unaltered form






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Effective teaching model of lessons

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25. 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)






26. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






34. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






39. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






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






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






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






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






45. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






47. Reading or hearing






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






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






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