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






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






3. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






5. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






9. Deciding what to believe or what to do






10. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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)






19. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






20. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






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






26. Scoring guide used in assessments






27. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






28. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






42. 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






43. Reading or hearing






44. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






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






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






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






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