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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






2. Ability to understand sound structure of language






3. Multiplication and beginning division






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






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






6. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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7. Discovery learning and constructivism






8. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






9. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






10. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






11. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






12. Role playing






13. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






14. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






15. 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






16. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






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






18. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






19. 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






20. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






21. Quadrant of comprehensible input






22. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






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






24. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






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






27. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






28. Region/area - length - set






29. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






30. 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






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






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






34. Zone of proximal development






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






36. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






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






38. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






40. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






41. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






42. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






43. Social or observational learning theory






44. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






46. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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47. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






48. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






49. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






50. Refined mastery of multiplication and division