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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






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






3. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






4. Need to know o be functionsl






5. Congnitively demanding






6. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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7. Amount of force a muscle can produce






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






9. Hierarchy of needs






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






11. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






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






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






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






15. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






16. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






17. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






18. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






19. Connectionism






20. Choice/control theory






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






22. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






23. 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






24. Development of spoken language system






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






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






27. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






28. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






29. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






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






31. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






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






33. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






34. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






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






36. Direct instruction






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






38. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






40. Funds of knowledge






41. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






42. How long can a muscle produce force






43. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






44. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






46. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






47. Stages of cognitive development






48. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






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






50. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning