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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






2. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






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






4. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






5. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






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






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






8. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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9. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






10. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






11. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






12. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






13. Language Acquisition hypothesis






14. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






15. Direct instruction






16. Eight stages of human development






17. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






18. 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






19. Zone of proximal development






20. Amount of force a muscle can produce






21. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






22. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






23. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






24. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






25. Classical conditioning






26. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






27. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






28. 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






29. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






30. 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






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






32. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






33. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






34. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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






36. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






37. 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






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






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






40. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






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






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






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






44. Role playing






45. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






47. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






48. 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.






49. Context reduced






50. 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.