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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. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






11. Focus on oberservable behaviors and focus on congnitive objectives






12. In original unaltered form






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






14. 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






15. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






17. Helpful for teachers to see that overall student motivation is very high or very low. Based on levels 1-4 (Bell Curve)






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






19. Oral - written - or through visual performance






20. Helps prepare students' minds for instruction; research has found that learning increases when teachers focus on what is most important - not what students might think is the most interesting






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






22. 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)






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






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






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






26. Teacher poses a problem and makes students think individually...teacher then suggests pairing and sharing on problem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. To be assessed as successful - students must contribute to the group's success and complete their portion of the task






37. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






39. Instructional apporach that ties information to an anchor; student uses concrete applications of the concept being taught (anchor) to connect what he or she is learning to a concrete experience






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






41. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






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






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






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






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






46. Equivalent number of questions he or she answered correctly






47. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






48. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






49. Develop the response






50. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task