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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. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






2. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






14. 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)






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






21. Essays - short - answer






22. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






23. In original unaltered form






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






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






26. Tool for learning in schools today






27. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic






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






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






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






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






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






34. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






42. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






44. 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)






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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