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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






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






3. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






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






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






7. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






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






9. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






10. Region/area - length - set






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






12. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






13. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






14. Theory of moral development






15. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






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






17. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






18. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






19. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






20. Context embedded






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






22. Operant conditioning






23. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






24. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






25. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






26. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






27. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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






29. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






31. 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






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






33. Discovery learning and constructivism






34. Amount of force a muscle can produce






35. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






36. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






37. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






38. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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39. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






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






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






42. 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






43. Development of spoken language system






44. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






45. Face to face conversation






46. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






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






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






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






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