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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. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






2. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






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






4. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






5. 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






6. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






7. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






8. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






9. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






10. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






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






12. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






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






14. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






16. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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






18. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






19. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






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






21. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






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






23. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






24. Music






25. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






26. Connectionism






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






28. Writing






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






36. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






37. 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






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






39. The history or study of words.






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






41. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






42. Math word problems






43. Need to know o be functionsl






44. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






45. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






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






47. Multiple intelligences






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






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






50. 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