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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






2. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






4. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






5. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






6. 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






7. Zone of proximal development






8. Assertive discipline






9. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






11. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






12. Operant conditioning






13. Multiple intelligences






14. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






15. Hierarchy of needs






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






17. Identify words that don't belong in a set






18. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






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






20. 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%






21. Three levels of culture






22. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






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






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






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






26. Context reduced






27. Drills and exercises






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






29. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






30. Social or observational learning theory






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






32. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






33. Multiplication and beginning division






34. Counting to 100






35. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






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






37. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






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






44. 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






45. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






46. Discovery learning and constructivism






47. Amount of force a muscle can produce






48. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






49. 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






50. Follow the child