Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Physical education






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






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






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






5. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






6. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






7. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Counting to 100






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


16. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






17. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






18. Amount of force a muscle can produce






19. Reading






20. Language Acquisition hypothesis






21. The history or study of words.






22. Region/area - length - set






23. Proficiency of the academic Language






24. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






25. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






26. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






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






28. Multiple intelligences






29. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






30. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






31. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






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






34. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






35. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






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






37. 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






38. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






39. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






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






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






42. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






43. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






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






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






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. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






48. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






49. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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