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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






3. 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.'






4. 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






5. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






7. Theory of moral development






8. Connectionism






9. Recogize separate sounds in words






10. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






11. 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






12. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






13. 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






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






15. Follow the child






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






17. (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






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






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






20. Choice/control theory






21. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






22. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






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






24. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






25. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






26. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






27. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






28. 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






29. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






30. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






31. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






32. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






33. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






34. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






35. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






37. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






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






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






40. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






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






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






44. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






45. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






46. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






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






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






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






50. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action