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Praxis Instruction And Assessment

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sharing stories of those who didn't give up - personalizing recognition - supporting students when they struggle






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






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






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






5. Oral - written - or through visual performance






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






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






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






9. Deciding what to believe or what to do






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






11. Students work at thier own pace under the leadership or guidance (good for those who need accomodations)






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






13. Student must work together to successfully accomplish task






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Excursions off the main campus to acheive deeper meaning






26. 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)






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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)






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






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






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






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






36. Teacher/student discussion to improve comprehension






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






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






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






40. Given before teaching so teachers understand areas of weaknesses






41. 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






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






43. Develop the response






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Nonlinguistic and linguistic







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