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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. Groups that change as the students' learnng needs change






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






3. 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)






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






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






6. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






8. 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






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






10. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






13. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






14. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






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






16. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






17. 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






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






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






20. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






21. 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






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






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






24. Deciding what to believe or what to do






25. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






26. Tool for learning in schools today






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






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






36. 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)






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






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






39. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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