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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






2. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






3. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






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






5. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






6. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






7. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






8. Theory of moral development






9. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






10. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






11. 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






12. 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






13. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






14. Operant Conditioning






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Drills and exercises






20. Children learn through their observations of others






21. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






22. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






23. Connectionism






24. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






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






26. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






27. Need to know o be functionsl






28. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






29. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






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






31. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






32. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






33. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






34. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






36. The history or study of words.






37. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






38. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






39. 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






40. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






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






42. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






43. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






44. Models or visual examples of the information






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






46. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






48. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






49. Amount of force a muscle can produce






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