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






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






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






4. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






5. Development of spoken language system






6. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






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






9. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






11. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






12. Connectionism






13. Proficiency of the academic Language






14. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






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






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






17. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






18. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






20. Assertive discipline






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






22. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






23. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






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






25. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






26. Congnitively demanding






27. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






29. Stages of cognitive development






30. 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






31. Three levels of culture






32. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






33. Operant conditioning






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






35. Context reduced






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






37. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






38. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






39. 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.






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






41. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






42. Face to face conversation






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






44. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






45. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






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






47. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






48. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






49. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






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