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






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






3. How long can a muscle produce force






4. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






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






7. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






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






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. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






11. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






12. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






13. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






14. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






15. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






16. 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






17. Context reduced






18. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






19. Art






20. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






21. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






22. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






24. Math word problems






25. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






26. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






27. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






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






30. Classical conditioning






31. Assertive discipline






32. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






33. Choice/control theory






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






35. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






36. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






37. Stages of the ethic of care






38. 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






39. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






40. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






42. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






43. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






45. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






46. Stages of cognitive development






47. Modeling






48. Zone of proximal development






49. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






50. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity