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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






2. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






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






4. Music






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






6. Begin working with decimals






7. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






8. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






9. Social or observational learning theory






10. Children learn through their observations of others






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Construct understanding from the words






16. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






17. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






18. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






20. Models or visual examples of the information






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






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






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






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






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






26. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






27. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






28. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






29. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






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






31. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






32. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






33. Region/area - length - set






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






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






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






37. Operant conditioning






38. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






39. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






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






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






42. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






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






44. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






45. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






46. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






47. Zone of proximal development






48. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






49. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






50. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data