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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






2. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






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






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






5. Art






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






7. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






8. Begin working with decimals






9. Direct instruction






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






11. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






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






13. 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






14. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






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






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






17. Learning through experience






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






19. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






20. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






21. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






22. Social or observational learning theory






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






24. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






25. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






26. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






27. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






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






29. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






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






31. Experiential Learning






32. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






33. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






34. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






35. 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






36. 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






37. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






38. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






39. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






40. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






41. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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






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






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






45. Proficiency of the academic Language






46. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






47. Congnitively demanding






48. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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






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