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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






2. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






3. Need to know o be functionsl






4. Role playing






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






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






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






8. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






9. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






10. 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






11. Drills and exercises






12. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






13. Three levels of culture






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






15. Multiple intelligences






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






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






18. Zone of proximal development






19. 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






20. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






21. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






22. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






23. Writing






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






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






26. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






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






28. Funds of knowledge






29. Operant conditioning






30. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






31. Social or observational learning theory






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






33. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






34. 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.






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






36. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






37. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






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






39. 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






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






41. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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






43. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






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






46. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






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






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






49. 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






50. Identify words that don't belong in a set