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






2. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Essays - short - answer






37. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






40. 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)






41. Scoring guide used in assessments






42. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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