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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. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






4. 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






5. 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)






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. 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






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






12. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






13. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






14. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






15. Tool for learning in schools today






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






17. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






19. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






20. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)






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






22. 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






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






24. Develop the response






25. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






29. 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






30. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)






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






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






33. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






35. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






36. Deciding what to believe or what to do






37. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






39. Reading or hearing






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






45. 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)






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






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






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






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






50. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors