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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. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






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. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






4. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






5. Face to face conversation






6. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






7. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






8. Reading






9. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






10. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






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






12. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






13. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






22. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






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






24. 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.]






25. Stages of cognitive development






26. Writing






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






28. Music






29. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






30. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






31. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






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






33. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






34. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






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






36. Multiplication and beginning division






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






38. The history or study of words.






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






40. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






41. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






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






43. 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






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






45. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






46. 'with - it - ness'






47. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






48. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






49. Context embedded






50. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games