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Praxis PLT 5624 questions and answers 100% verified.
ability grouping - correct answer. technique of helping students achieve individual goals by placing those of similar ability together, either in groups in the same classroom or in separate classsrooms
acceleration - correc...
Praxis PLT 5624 questions and answers
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ability grouping - correct answer. technique of helping students achieve individual
goals by placing those of similar ability together, either in groups in the same classroom
or in separate classsrooms
acceleration - correct answer. change in the regular school program that permits a
gifted student to complete a program in less time or at an earlier age than usual
accomodation - correct answer. Piaget's term that refers to a change in cognitive
structures that produces corresponding behavioral changes
accountability - correct answer. idea of holding schools, districts, educators, and
students responsible for the results
achievement test - correct answer. measures accomplishments in such specific
subjects as reading, mathematics, etc.
adaption - correct answer. Piaget's term for one of the two psychological
mechanisms used to explain cognitive development. The other is organization.
adolescent egocentric thinking - correct answer. characteristic of adolescent thought
in which adolescent assume that everyone thinks as they do; that everyone is "looking
at them."
advance organizers - correct answer. David Ausubel's term to describe a type of
teaching that explains what is to come. It could be an outline, a list, an introductory
paragraph, etc.
aesthetics - correct answer. referring to the nature of beauty and judgments about it
,aptitude test - correct answer. test that assesses a student's general or specific
abilities; it shows ability, potential, "flair," talent, etc.
assessment - correct answer. all 50 states now have some statewide testing policies
in place. The logic behind these state assessment systems has been to find a more
accurate way to measure student success as well as to hold schools accountable for
results. While a centerpiece of standards-based reform, state testing policies have
caused considerable controversy. The results debate over assessment is at the heart of
the debate over education reform.
assimilation - correct answer. Piaget's term to describe how we take new
information into our minds and make sense of it, based on our background knowledge
authentic assessment - correct answer. means of securing information about a
student's success of failure on meaningful and significant tasks. There is a performance
component where the student actually shows what he/she can do unlike a paper-and-
pencil objections type of test
behavior modification - correct answer. deliberate attempt to control contends that
behavior represents the essence of a person. B.F. Skinner
axiology - correct answer. study of valuing and values, what is good
bilingual education - correct answer. program designed to help those with limited
English proficiency (LEP) to acquire English and learn in school by teaching them partly
in English and partly in their own language
Brown vs. Board of Education - correct answer. case in 1954, which resulted in
decision to provide an equal opportunity for a free and appropriate education for
students with disabilities. No segregation that is deliberate. Separate but equal is
unequal.
centering - correct answer. Piaget's term to describe a child's tendency to
concentrate on only part of an object or activity. This is a characteristic of preoperational
children (ages 2-7)
charter schools - correct answer. basic concept of a charter is simple: allow a group
of teachers or other would-be educators to apply for permission from their local
education authority to open a school, operating with taxpayer dollars, just like a public
school. The difference? Free them from the rules and regulations that charter school
supporters say can cripple learning and stifle innovation
choice - correct answer. school choice initiatives are based on the premise that
allowing parents to choose what schools their children attend is not only the fair thing to
do, but also an important strategy for improving public education
, cognitive style - correct answer. preference to respond to a variety of problems or
tasks in a particular fashion
concrete opeterations - correct answer. Piaget's third stage of cognitive
development, extending approximately from ages 7-11; refers to logical operations or
principles we use when solving problems; conservation
conservation - correct answer. Piaget's term that refers to the realization that the
essence of something remains constant, although surface features may change.
Example: Show a student a ball of clay; in fron of the student, mash the clay flat. Ask,
"Is this still the same amount of lay that we started with?" If the child says, "No," the
child is not using conservation
construct validity - correct answer. test has construct validity when it actually
measures the knowledge domain or behavior it claims to measure. For instance, if you
give a special studies test and a student does poorly because the reading level was too
difficult. That test does not have construct validity, because it is measuring reading
ability besides social studies content
constructivism - correct answer. individuals differ in what they perceive and how
they form ideas
content validity - correct answer. a test that adequately samples behavior that has
been the goal of instruction
contingency contracting - correct answer. teacher and student decide on a
behavioral goal and what the student will receive when the goal is reached
core curriculum - correct answer. curriculum design in which one subject or group of
subjects becomes a focal unit around which all other subjects are correlated
criterion-referenced testing - correct answer. taking student scores on an instrument
and comparing them to a standard. Example being a spelling test, or,"Johnny got 88%
of his math questions correct."
cultural pluralism - correct answer. set of tenets based upon 3 principles (1) every
culture has its own internal logic; (2) no culture is better or worse than another (3) all
persons are to some extent culture-bound
culture - correct answer. ways a group of people form beliefs, evaluates ideas and
experiences, the way they behave, and way they perceive the world
decoding - correct answer. using the sounds and grammar of a language to interpret
a message. Reading and comprehending are included in decoding
desists - correct answer. a teacher's actions to stop misbehavior
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