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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. In original unaltered form






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






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






4. Teacher breaks down unit's content into smaller units and provides support and frequent feedback to the student as he or she demonstrates understanding of each unit






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






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






11. Organizing curriculum around large themes






12. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






16. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






18. 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






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






20. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






21. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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






33. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






35. 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)






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






42. Develop the response






43. 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






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






45. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






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