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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






4. Extent to which an assessment is consistent with its measures






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






6. Oral - written - or through visual performance






7. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






10. In original unaltered form






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






24. Deciding what to believe or what to do






25. Develop the response






26. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






27. 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






28. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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. 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)






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






32. 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






33. Organizing curriculum around large themes






34. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five






35. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






38. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






40. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






48. 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






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






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