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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






2. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






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






4. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






5. Construct understanding from the words






6. Learning through experience






7. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






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






9. (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






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






11. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






12. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






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






14. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






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






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






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






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






19. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






20. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






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






22. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






23. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






24. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






25. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






26. Choice/control theory






27. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






28. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






29. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






30. Development of spoken language system






31. 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.






32. Lower level questioning






33. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






35. Three levels of culture






36. Physical education






37. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






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






39. Writing






40. Region/area - length - set






41. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






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






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






44. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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






46. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






47. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






48. Theory of moral development






49. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






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