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






2. Organizing curriculum around large themes






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






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






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






6. Develop the response






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






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






9. Opportunites to transition from the classroom to the workforce






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






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






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






13. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






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






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






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






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






18. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






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






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






22. Smaller number of particpants drawn from a total population






23. Effective teaching model of lessons

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24. List the broad goals of a school district - state - or school and provide subject - specific outlines of course content - standards - and performance expectations






25. 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






26. Used for students with memory difficulties or learning disabilties






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Watching students interactions and learning behaviors






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






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






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






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






38. Based on mathematical transformation of a raw scores






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






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






41. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






42. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. Students working together to solve problems or achieve goals






48. Realistic scenarios to consider during simulation






49. Scoring guide used in assessments






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