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






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






3. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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4. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






5. Congitively undemanding






6. The history or study of words.






7. Stages of the ethic of care






8. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






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






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






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






12. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






13. 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






14. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






15. Recogize separate sounds in words






16. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






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






18. Physical education






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






20. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






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. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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23. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






24. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






25. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






26. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






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






28. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






29. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






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






31. 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






32. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






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






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






35. Identify words that don't belong in a set






36. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






37. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






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






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






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






41. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






42. Zone of proximal development






43. How long can a muscle produce force






44. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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






46. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






47. Operant Conditioning






48. 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






49. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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