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






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






3. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






4. Face to face conversation






5. 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






6. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






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






8. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






9. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






10. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






11. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






12. Role playing






13. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






14. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






15. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






16. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






17. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






18. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






19. Discovery learning and constructivism






20. Stages of the ethic of care






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






22. Social or observational learning theory






23. Modeling






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






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






26. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






28. Advance organizer






29. Learning through experience






30. Direct instruction






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






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






33. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






34. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






35. Assertive discipline






36. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






37. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






38. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






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






40. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






41. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






42. Reading






43. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






44. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






45. Funds of knowledge






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






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






48. Multiple intelligences






49. 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






50. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships