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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. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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)






7. Essays - short - answer






8. Tool for learning in schools today






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






10. Oral - written - or through visual performance






11. 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)






12. Develop the response






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






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






15. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






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






22. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






24. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






26. 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






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






28. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






37. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






39. Foster inquiry rather than didactic (lecture) methods for learning (asking questions and hypothesize)






40. Standardized tests desired to measure ability to develop or acquire skills and knowledge






41. Used after focused lessons...provide alternative to seat work - rewards students - provide enrichment and remediation - fosters collaboration - accomodates individual learning styles






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






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






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






45. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






46. Effective teaching model of lessons

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






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






49. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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