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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. Advance organizer






2. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






3. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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






5. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






6. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






7. Reading






8. Context reduced






9. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






10. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






11. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






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






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






14. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






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






16. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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






18. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






19. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






20. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






21. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






22. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






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






24. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






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






26. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






27. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






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






30. Connectionism






31. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






32. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






33. Multiple intelligences






34. Role playing






35. Models or visual examples of the information






36. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






37. 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






38. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






39. Art






40. 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






41. Discovery learning and constructivism






42. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






43. 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






44. 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






45. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






46. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






47. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






48. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






49. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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