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






2. 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






3. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






5. 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)






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






7. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






8. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






9. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






12. 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)






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






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






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






16. 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)






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






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






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






20. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






22. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






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






40. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






42. 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






43. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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. Reading or hearing






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






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






50. In original unaltered form