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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. Context reduced






2. 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%






3. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






4. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






6. Hierarchy of needs






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






8. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






9. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






10. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






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






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






13. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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14. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






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






16. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






17. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






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






19. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






20. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






21. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






22. 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






23. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






24. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






25. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






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






28. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






29. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






30. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






31. The history or study of words.






32. 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






33. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






34. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






35. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






36. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






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






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

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39. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






40. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






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






42. 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






43. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






44. Music






45. 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.






46. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






47. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






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






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






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