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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. Reading






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






3. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






4. Children learn through their observations of others






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






6. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






7. 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.






8. Development of spoken language system






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






14. Choice/control theory






15. Role playing






16. Learning through experience






17. Congitively undemanding






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






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






25. Zone of proximal development






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






27. Hierarchy of needs






28. Models or visual examples of the information






29. Region/area - length - set






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






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






32. Math word problems






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






34. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






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






37. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






38. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






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






40. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






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






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






43. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






44. Recogize separate sounds in words






45. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






46. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






47. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






48. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






49. Connectionism






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