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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. Develop the response






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






7. Essays - short - answer






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






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






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






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






12. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






13. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






14. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






16. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






20. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






22. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






23. In original unaltered form






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






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






26. 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






27. 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)






28. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






43. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






45. 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






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






47. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






49. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






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