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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






2. 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






3. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






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






5. Zone of proximal development






6. Connectionism






7. 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






8. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






9. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






10. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






11. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






12. 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






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






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






15. Lower level questioning






16. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






17. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






18. Funds of knowledge






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






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






21. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






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






23. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






24. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






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






26. Ability to understand sound structure of language






27. Counting to 100






28. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






29. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






30. 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






31. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






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






33. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






34. 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






35. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






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






37. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






38. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






39. 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






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






41. Quadrant of comprehensible input






42. How long can a muscle produce force






43. Social or observational learning theory






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






45. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






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






47. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






48. 'with - it - ness'






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






50. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach