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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






2. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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


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






5. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






6. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






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






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






9. Direct instruction






10. 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






11. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






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






13. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






14. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






15. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






17. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






18. 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.






19. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






20. Reading






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






22. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






23. 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






24. 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






25. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






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






28. 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






29. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






30. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






31. Zone of proximal development






32. 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






33. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






35. 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






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






37. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






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






39. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






40. Social or observational learning theory






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






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






43. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






49. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t


50. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion