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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






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






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






4. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






5. Learning through experience






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






7. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






8. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






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






10. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






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






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






13. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






14. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






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






16. Writing






17. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






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






19. 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






20. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






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






23. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






24. 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






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






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

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27. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






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






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






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






31. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






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






34. 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






35. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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






37. Identify words that don't belong in a set






38. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






39. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






41. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






42. Context embedded






43. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






44. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






45. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






46. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






47. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






48. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






49. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






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