Praxis - Set 2

Examples of metacognitive strategies:

1. Evaluating Work 2. Predicting Outcomes 3. Critiquing

All of these are examples of metacognitive thinking and strategies:

1. An employee reflecting on her own performance 2. An employee modifying her performance based on her past performance in an attempt at improvement. 3. An employee being able to make connections between skills she has and ones she will need to learn

All of the following could be considered metacognitive strategies:

1. Asking students to edit each other's papers and then revise their own before turning them in. 2. Assigning a daily journal for students to reflect about the day's learning 3. Having students write down the steps to solving a math problem

During a read aloud of Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka, the teacher wants to make sure students understand the punctuation and inferred emotions of the characters in the story. What student engagement strategy would be appropriate for gathering this information?

1. Higher-Order Questioning 2. Partner Share 3. Cold Calling

What were the claims made by the plaintiffs in Larry P. v. Riles?

1. IQ tests discriminated against African American children 2. Special needs classes in California in the 1970s offered little academic value to the student 3. There was a disproportionate number of African Americans in special needs classes.

what are criteria for effective student engagement strategies?

1. Students are active participants 2. Some level of critical thinking is involved 3. Activities are relevant and meaningful

Instructional scaffolding involves:

A lesson presented in small chunks.

Teachers may need to re-evaluate a less if:

A majority of students have not grasped certain concepts.

The researcher is not only required to obtain informed consent from the participants in their study but also:

Allow for questions and answers regarding their participation in the study

What is the practice of protecting participants' personal identities and answers by ensuring their responses cannot be linked back to them?

Anonymity

A teacher is introducing the acronym PEMDAS as part of a lesson on order of operations and wants to check for understanding during the lesson. Which strategy would be most appropriate to have students share what each letter means?

Cold Calling

The goal of teaching metacognitive strategies is to:

Create independent, empowered, thinkers who have a toolkit of strategies to tackle new problems.

True/False: Anonymity, privacy, and confidentiality are only recommended for researchers to follow.

False; these are not recommended but requirements of the law

Your class is participating in a round of Philosophical Chairs, in which the following statement is written on the board: 'All schools should have metal detectors. Do you Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree?' Which strategy would be most appropriate for getting students to discuss their agreement or disagreement with this statement?

Get Up and Go

In Larry P. V. Riles, the 9th District Court found that ______ could not be used to measure a student's ability to learn.

IQ Tests

Miss Cook's class has just started a geography project. The class has been split into groups of five people. Each person in a group is responsible for creating one piece of a map. The five pieces in each group will then be placed together to create a complete map. This is an example of __________.

Jigsaw

What scenario exemplifies flexible grouping?

Mr. James assesses the class at the beginning of each unit and creates unique groups to meet the needs of the students.

Kaitlyn is a subject in a research study that has involved her divulging very personal details about her life. During the study, Kaitlyn admitted to having suicidal thoughts. Are her responses guarded by ethical research practices guaranteeing her confidentiality?

No; subjects are no longer privileged to confidentiality, if the safety of the subject or another is in questions

Mark, Justin, and Ashley meet at the end of class and discuss the lesson. They take turns sharing their opinion of the content, asking questions, and leading discussion. This is an example of which type of cooperative learning?

Reciprocal Teaching

What kind of group places students in charge of the agenda and flow of the work they are engaged in?

Student-led groups

Cooperative learning occurs when ________.

Students work together to accomplish a goal

Informed Consent provides participants with sufficiently detailed information on the ________, so they can make an informed, voluntary, and rational decision on whether or not to participate.

Study

If a research study has participants that are children, the researcher must obtain consent from:

The child's parent or gaurdian

Most accurately, metacognition can be defined as

Thinking about your thinking

What is the ultimate purpose of having privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity?

To protect subjects from harm?

When assessing whether students have mastered content, teachers should:

Use a variety of assessments methods

What part of informed consent is missing from the following statement? 'In addition to interviewing you and taking notes, the audio of the interview will be recorded by a tape recorder. This is so the researcher may transcribe the questions and responses for further study.'

What will happen to the audio recording following the experiment.

What kind of grouping will you MOST likely use to introduce a brand new concept to your students?

Whole class group