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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






2. Funds of knowledge






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






4. The history or study of words.






5. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






6. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






7. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






8. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






9. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






10. Art






11. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






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






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






14. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






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






16. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






17. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






18. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






19. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






20. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






21. Multiplication and beginning division






22. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






23. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






24. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






25. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






26. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






27. 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






28. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






29. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






30. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






31. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






32. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






33. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






34. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






35. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






36. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






37. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






38. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






39. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






40. Amount of force a muscle can produce






41. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






42. Need to know o be functionsl






43. 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






44. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






45. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






46. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






47. 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






48. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






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






50. Context reduced