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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






2. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






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






4. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 'with - it - ness'






9. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






10. Children learn through their observations of others






11. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






12. 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






13. Funds of knowledge






14. Amount of force a muscle can produce






15. 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






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






17. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Counting to 100






25. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






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






27. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






28. 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






29. 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






30. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






31. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






37. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






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






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






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






41. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






42. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






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






44. Connectionism






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






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






47. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






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






49. Art






50. Drills and exercises