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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






2. Context embedded






3. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






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






5. Face to face conversation






6. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






13. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






14. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






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






16. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






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






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






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. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






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






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






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






24. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






25. 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






26. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






27. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






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






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






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






31. Multiple intelligences






32. 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






33. (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






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






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






36. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






37. 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






38. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






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






40. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






41. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






42. Operant conditioning






43. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






44. 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%






45. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






46. 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






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






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






49. Math word problems






50. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities