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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






2. Multiplication and beginning division






3. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






4. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






5. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






6. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






7. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






8. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






9. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






10. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






11. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






12. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






13. Operant conditioning






14. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






15. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






16. Proficiency of the academic Language






17. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






18. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






19. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






20. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






21. Math word problems






22. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






23. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






24. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






25. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






26. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






27. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






28. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






29. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






30. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






31. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






32. Direct instruction






33. Music






34. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






35. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






36. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






37. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






38. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






39. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






40. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






41. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






42. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






43. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






44. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






45. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






46. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






47. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






48. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






49. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






50. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision