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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. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






2. 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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3. The history or study of words.






4. 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.






5. Ability to understand sound structure of language






6. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






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






8. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






9. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






10. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






11. 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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12. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






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






14. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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15. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






16. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






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






18. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






19. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






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






21. (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






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






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






24. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






25. Eight stages of human development






26. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






27. 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






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






29. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






30. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






31. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






32. 'with - it - ness'






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






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






35. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






36. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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






38. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






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






40. 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






41. Advance organizer






42. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






43. Amount of force a muscle can produce






44. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






45. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






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






47. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






48. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






49. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






50. Models or visual examples of the information