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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






2. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






4. Classical conditioning






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






6. Identify words that don't belong in a set






7. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






13. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






14. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






15. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






16. Drills and exercises






17. Zone of proximal development






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






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






20. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






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






22. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






23. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






24. 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






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






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






27. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






28. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






29. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






30. 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






31. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






32. Need to know o be functionsl






33. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






34. Region/area - length - set






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






36. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






37. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






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






39. Construct understanding from the words






40. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






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

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42. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






43. Writing






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






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






46. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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