Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






2. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






3. 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






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






5. 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.'






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






7. 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.]






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






9. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






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






11. Eight stages of human development






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






13. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






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






15. Music






16. 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.






17. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






18. Hierarchy of needs






19. Recogize separate sounds in words






20. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






25. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






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






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






28. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






29. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


31. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






32. Development of spoken language system






33. Children learn through their observations of others






34. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






35. Zone of proximal development






36. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






37. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






38. Theory of moral development






39. Learning through experience






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






41. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






42. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






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






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






45. How long can a muscle produce force






46. Multiplication and beginning division






47. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






48. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






49. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






50. Three levels of culture