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






2. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






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






4. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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






6. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






7. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






9. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






10. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






11. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






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






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






14. Reading






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






16. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






17. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






19. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






20. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






21. Mapping






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






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






24. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






25. 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






26. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






27. 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.'






28. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






29. Follow the child






30. Direct instruction






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






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






33. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






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






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






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






37. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






38. 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






39. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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40. 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






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






42. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






43. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






44. Stages of cognitive development






45. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






46. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






47. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






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






49. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






50. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).