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






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






3. 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






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






5. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






6. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






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






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






10. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






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






14. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






18. In original unaltered form






19. 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






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






21. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






23. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






26. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






27. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






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






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






33. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing






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






35. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






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






49. Tool for learning in schools today






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