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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






2. 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






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






4. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






5. Physical education






6. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






7. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






8. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






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






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






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






12. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






14. 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






15. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






16. 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






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






18. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






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






20. Stages of the ethic of care






21. Theory of moral development






22. 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






23. Development of spoken language system






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






25. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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26. 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






27. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






28. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






29. 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






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






31. Ability to understand sound structure of language






32. Amount of force a muscle can produce






33. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






34. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






35. Multiple intelligences






36. Direct instruction






37. Hierarchy of needs






38. Congitively undemanding






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






40. 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






41. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






42. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






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






44. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






45. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






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






47. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






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






49. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






50. 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