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






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






3. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






4. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






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






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






7. Recogize separate sounds in words






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






9. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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






11. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






12. Art






13. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






14. 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.






15. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






16. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






17. 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






18. Operant conditioning






19. 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.






20. Social or observational learning theory






21. Quadrant of comprehensible input






22. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






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






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






25. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






26. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






27. Begin working with decimals






28. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






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






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






31. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






32. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






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






34. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






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






36. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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






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






39. 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






40. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






41. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






42. 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






43. Operant Conditioning






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






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






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






47. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






48. Proficiency of the academic Language






49. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






50. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes