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Praxis Instruction And Assessment
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praxis
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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. Provide information about learning to be used to make judgements about a student's achievement and the teacher's instruction
summative evalutations
SQ3R
group processing
discovery learning
2. 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
performance assessments
mean - median - and mode
discovery learning
SQ3R
3. Written notes teacher maintain based on observations of individual children (file folders - mailing labels - index cards)
thematic instruction
individual and group accontability
anecdotal records
holistic scoring
4. Small groups or pairs to solve a problem or learn more about topic
holistic scoring
emergent curriculum
positive interaction
project - based learning
5. Students must be taught and learn to use teamwork and positive social skills when working with others
interdisciplinary instruction
essay
interpersonal skills
cues - questions - and advance organizers
6. Test is found to be valid if it measures what it was designed to measure
group processing
cooperative learning
holistic scoring
validity
7. Student draws line down the middle of page; left - hand side used for taking lecture notes - right - hand side used for reflections and connections
standard error of measurment
double - entry page
diagnostic evaluations
anchored instruction
8. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.
nonlinguistic
school - to - work
think - pair - share
grouping practices
9. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task
positive interdependence
generating and testing hypotheses
linguistic
think - pair - share
10. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses
reliability
primary source documents
diagnostic evaluations
individual and group accontability
11. Story maps - cause and effect maps - sequence diagrams - continuums - matrixes and cycle maps
portfolio
simulations
standard deviation
graphic organizer
12. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals
cooperative learning
performance assessments
performance standards
grade - level equivalent scores
13. Scoring guide used in assessments
grouping practices
rubrics
analytical scoring
anecdotal records
14. Set the level of performance expectation for students; set at state level
technology
field trips
assigning home and practice
performance standards
15. Interests of the children (early childhood - based)
generating and testing hypotheses
Jigsaw
mastery learning
emergent curriculum
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
positive interdependence
generating and testing hypotheses
flexible grouping
think - pair - share
17. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension
quartiles
reciprocal teaching
formative evaluations
play
18. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores
learning centers
transfer
scaled scores
samples
19. Standarized tests (used against peer's scores)
simulations
authentic assessments
quartiles
norm - referenced tests
20. Interaction that promotes face - to - face or individual interaction and relationships
standards
summative evalutations
Identifying similarities and differences
positive interaction
21. Reading or hearing
linguistic
standards
whole - group instrcution
lesson planning
22. Student must perform a task or generate his or her own response during assessment
whole - group instrcution
performance assessments
project - based learning
curriculum chunking
23. Derived from STANdard NINEs. based on nine - point standard scale with a mean of five
formative evaluations
emergent curriculum
mastery learning
stanines
24. Instructional strategies suggested by researchers that improve achievement across the content area
journals
thematic instruction
Essential Nine
observation
25. Tool for learning in schools today
technology
summative evalutations
group processing
samples
26. Responding to a wide range of abilities present in the classroom
flexible grouping
curriculum chunking
differentiated instruction
interpersonal skills
27. Where the student's score is in comparison to national or local norm
samples
percentile rank
SQ3R
journals
28. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties
inquiry model
Knowledge storage
mnemonics
performance assessments
29. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge
technology
independent study
anticipatory set
aptitude tests
30. Develop the response
project - based learning
curriculum compacting
authentic assessments
curriculum chunking
31. 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
Essential Nine
simulations
Jigsaw
validity
32. Measure a student's knowledge or proficiency in something that has been learned
graphic organizer
achievement tests
responses
behavioral and cognitive objectives
33. Extended practice of lesson that is meaninful (time - limit appropriate)
standard error of measurment
cues - questions - and advance organizers
assigning home and practice
grade - level equivalent scores
34. Objectives - standards - materials - learner/enviornmental factors - opening - middle - closing - assessment
service learning
Essential Nine
lesson planning
grouping practices
35. Like authentic assessments/understanding of key concepts or his or her ability to commuicate ideas in writing
journals
project - based learning
positive interdependence
Essential Nine
36. Measures student progress toward meeting goals based on local - state - and/or national goals
samples
journals
standards - based assessments
emergent curriculum
37. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce
school - to - work
content standards
interpersonal skills
discovery learning
38. Provides expectations for the knowlege stduents must demonstrate in specific content areas
interpersonal skills
individual and group accontability
diagnostic evaluations
content standards
39. Specific expectations of what a student must know and be able to do
standards
self - evaluation
mastery learning
reciprocal teaching
40. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning
think - pair - share
standard deviation
field trips
analytical scoring
41. 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)
cues - questions - and advance organizers
anchored instruction
grouping practices
generating and testing hypotheses
42. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared
discussion
Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)
grade - level equivalent scores
independent study
43. They can see patters and connections (comparing - contrasting - classifying information - discussion - inquiry - graphic organizers - and examples)
learning centers
reliability
Identifying similarities and differences
mean - median - and mode
44. 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
field trips
curriculum compacting
interpersonal skills
transfer
45. Essays - journals - short - answers used to generate general discriptions of the criteria for success on each question
whole - group instrcution
holistic scoring
authentic assessments
samples
46. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students
curriculum frameworks
learning centers
demonstrations
tiered instruction
47. Involves students in the process of exploring the natural and/or material world in an effort to help them discover meaning
inquiry model
standard deviation
percentile rank
transfer
48. Double - entry page - graphic organziers - and SQ3R
assigning home and practice
Summarizing and Note - taking
self - evaluation
Essential Nine
49. Child's work...stimulates - rewards - observes - explores - models - hypothesizes - discover
play
tiered instruction
standards - based assessments
discussion
50. Combining information from two or more content areas (English and history)
generating and testing hypotheses
interdisciplinary instruction
setting objectives and providing feedback
cues - questions - and advance organizers