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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. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






2. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






4. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






5. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






6. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






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






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






9. (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






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






11. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






12. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






13. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






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






15. The history or study of words.






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






17. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






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






19. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






20. Experiential Learning






21. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






22. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






23. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






24. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






25. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






26. 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.






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






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






29. Stages of the ethic of care






30. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






31. 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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32. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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33. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






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

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35. Writing






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






37. How long can a muscle produce force






38. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






39. 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.






40. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






41. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






42. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






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






44. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






45. Operant Conditioning






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






47. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






48. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






49. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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