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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






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






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






4. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






5. 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






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






7. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






8. Operant Conditioning






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






10. Stages of cognitive development






11. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






12. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






13. Social or observational learning theory






14. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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15. Art






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






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






18. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






19. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






20. Models or visual examples of the information






21. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






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






23. Role playing






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






25. Ability to understand sound structure of language






26. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






27. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






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






29. Context embedded






30. Counting to 100






31. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






32. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






33. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






34. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






35. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






40. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






41. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






42. Writing






43. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






49. Direct instruction






50. 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