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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






2. Lower level questioning






3. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






4. 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






5. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






7. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






9. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






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






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






12. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






13. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






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






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






16. Drills and exercises






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






18. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






19. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






20. 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






21. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






22. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






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






24. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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






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






28. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






29. Need to know o be functionsl






30. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






31. Multiple intelligences






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






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






34. Art






35. 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






36. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






38. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






39. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






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






41. Models or visual examples of the information






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






44. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






45. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






46. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






47. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






48. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






49. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






50. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading