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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






2. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






3. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






4. Need to know o be functionsl






5. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






6. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






7. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






8. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






9. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






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






12. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






13. 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.






14. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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15. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






16. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






17. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






18. Drills and exercises






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






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






21. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






22. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






23. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






24. 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.






25. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






26. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






27. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






28. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






29. 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






30. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






31. Theory of moral development






32. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






33. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






34. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






35. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






36. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






37. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






38. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






39. Context reduced






40. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






41. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






42. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






43. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






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






45. Zone of proximal development






46. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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47. Choice/control theory






48. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






49. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






50. Integrates the variable for selected investigation