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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






4. Students work as a class to read - discuss - or solve problem (don't use all the time)






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






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






7. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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)






15. Essays - short - answer






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






17. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






20. 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






21. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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. Instructional apporach that ties information to an anchor; student uses concrete applications of the concept being taught (anchor) to connect what he or she is learning to a concrete experience






26. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships






27. 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






28. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






30. 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






31. Teacher finds key content that must be mastered and reduces the number of examples - activities - or lessons so that a student who is advanced can move forward and one who is lower can work for a while longer






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






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






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






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






36. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






37. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






39. 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)






40. Standard deviation of test scores you would have obtained from a single student who took the same test multiple times






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






42. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






43. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






45. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






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






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







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