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






2. Face to face conversation






3. 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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4. 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






5. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






6. 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






7. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. Zone of proximal development






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






13. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






15. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






17. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






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






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






20. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






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






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






23. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






24. Multiple intelligences






25. Funds of knowledge






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






27. Classical conditioning






28. Direct instruction






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






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






31. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






32. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






33. Counting to 100






34. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






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






36. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






37. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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38. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






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






40. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






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






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






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






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






45. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






46. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






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






49. Mapping






50. Quadrant of comprehensible input