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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






2. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






3. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






4. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






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






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






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






8. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






9. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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

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18. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






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






20. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






21. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






22. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






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






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






25. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






27. How long can a muscle produce force






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






29. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






30. Math word problems






31. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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






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






34. 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






35. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






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






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






39. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






40. Context embedded






41. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






42. Operant Conditioning






43. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






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






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






46. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






47. 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.






48. Advance organizer






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






50. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping