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






2. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






3. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






4. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






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






6. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






7. Assertive discipline






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






9. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. How long can a muscle produce force






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






15. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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






17. 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.






18. Quadrant of comprehensible input






19. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






21. Context reduced






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






23. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






24. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






25. 'with - it - ness'






26. 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






27. Begin working with decimals






28. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






29. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






30. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






31. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






32. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






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






34. Writing






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






36. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






37. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






38. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






39. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






41. 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.]






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






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






44. Congnitively demanding






45. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






46. 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






47. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






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






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






50. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process