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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. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






2. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






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






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






5. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






6. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






7. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






8. Learning through experience






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






10. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






11. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






12. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






13. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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

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15. Quadrant of comprehensible input






16. Stages of cognitive development






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






18. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






19. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






20. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






21. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






23. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






25. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






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






27. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






28. How long can a muscle produce force






29. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






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






31. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






32. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






33. Multiple intelligences






34. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






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






36. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






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






38. 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






39. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






40. Assertive discipline






41. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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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. 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






44. Choice/control theory






45. Multiplication and beginning division






46. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






47. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






48. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






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






50. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies