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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. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






2. Models or visual examples of the information






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






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






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






6. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






7. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






8. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






9. 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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10. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






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






13. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






14. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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15. Social or observational learning theory






16. Region/area - length - set






17. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






18. Amount of force a muscle can produce






19. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






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






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






22. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






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






24. 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.'






25. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






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






27. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






28. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






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






30. 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






31. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






32. Multiplication and beginning division






33. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






40. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






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






42. 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.






43. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






44. Reading






45. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






46. Assertive discipline






47. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






48. Proficiency of the academic Language






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






50. Zone of proximal development