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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






2. Assertive discipline






3. Context reduced






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






5. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






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






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






8. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






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






10. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






11. Models or visual examples of the information






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






13. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






14. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






15. 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.






16. Direct instruction






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






18. Stages of cognitive development






19. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Children learn through their observations of others






25. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






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






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






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






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






30. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






31. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






32. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






33. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






34. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






35. Language Acquisition hypothesis






36. Role playing






37. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






38. Congitively undemanding






39. Operant conditioning






40. Proficiency of the academic Language






41. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






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






44. 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.






45. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






46. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






47. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






48. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






49. Begin working with decimals






50. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication