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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






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






3. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






4. 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.'






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






6. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






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






9. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






10. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






11. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






12. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






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






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






15. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






16. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






17. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher.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






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






19. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






20. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






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






22. Operant conditioning






23. Classical conditioning






24. Children learn through their observations of others






25. Drills and exercises






26. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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27. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






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






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






30. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






31. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






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






34. 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.






35. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






36. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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37. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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38. 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






39. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






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






41. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






42. Hierarchy of needs






43. 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.






44. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






45. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






46. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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






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






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






50. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency