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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






2. Modeling






3. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






4. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






5. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






6. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






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






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






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






11. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






12. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






13. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






14. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






15. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






16. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






17. 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






18. Hierarchy of needs






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






20. Recogize separate sounds in words






21. 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






22. Stages of the ethic of care






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






24. Operant conditioning






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






26. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






27. Counting to 100






28. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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






30. 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






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






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






33. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






34. Zone of proximal development






35. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






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






38. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






39. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






40. 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






41. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






42. Physical education






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






44. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






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






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






47. Development of spoken language system






48. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






49. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






50. Integrates the variable for selected investigation