Praxis II Life Sciences: Pedagogy Exam

This exam is designed for individuals, who would like to teach introductory biology at the secondary level. You will be given one hour to complete this exam. You will be provided with a topic for a one week unit in a high school biology class, followed by a three-part essay question. In the first section you will be asked to rationalize and formulate objectives for the topic. In the second section, you will be asked to describe instructional strategies that will enable students to reach the learning objectives for the unit. In the third section, you will be asked to describe methodologies to measure student achievements of the learning objectives. The list of potential unit topics and includes the following content areas: genetics and evolution, cellular biology, molecular biology, basic scientific principles, diversity of life, plants and animals, ecology, diversity of life, technology and, science and society. The exam will be graded on content and rationale, instructional strategies, and student assessment. Each graded section of the exam counts as 33.3% of the final grade.