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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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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. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






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






3. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher.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






4. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






6. Multiplication and beginning division






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






8. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






9. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






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






11. Proficiency of the academic Language






12. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






14. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






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






16. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






17. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






18. Multiple intelligences






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






20. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






21. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






22. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






23. Begin working with decimals






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






25. Recogize separate sounds in words






26. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






27. Construct understanding from the words






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






29. Stages of cognitive development






30. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






31. Counting to 100






32. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






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






34. Three levels of culture






35. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






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






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






38. Role playing






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






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






41. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






42. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






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






44. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






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






46. Reading






47. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






48. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






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






50. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way