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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Demonstrate the grade and month of the school year to which a student score can be compared






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






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






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






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






6. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






8. 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






9. Teacher offers same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students






10. 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






11. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






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






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






14. Organizing curriculum around large themes






15. Deciding what to believe or what to do






16. Visual - kinesthetic - whole body






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






18. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






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






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






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






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






23. Develop the response






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Nonlinguistic and linguistic






36. 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






37. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






42. Reading or hearing






43. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






45. Scoring guide used in assessments






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






47. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






50. 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)