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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles






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






3. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






7. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






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






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






13. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Scoring guide used in assessments






31. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






32. 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






33. 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






34. Organizing curriculum around large themes






35. 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)






36. Tool for learning in schools today






37. 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






38. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






47. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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