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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






2. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






3. 'with - it - ness'






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






5. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






11. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






13. Stages of the ethic of care






14. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






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






16. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






18. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






19. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






20. Zone of proximal development






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






22. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






23. Learning through experience






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






25. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






26. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






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






28. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






29. '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.






30. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






31. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






32. Face to face conversation






33. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






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






35. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






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






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






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






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






40. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






41. 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






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






43. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






44. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






45. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






46. Social or observational learning theory






47. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






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






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






50. 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