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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. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






3. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






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






6. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






7. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






8. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






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






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






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






12. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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






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






15. Reading






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






17. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






18. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






19. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






20. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






21. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






22. Hierarchy of needs






23. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






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






25. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






26. Multiplication and beginning division






27. Writing






28. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






29. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






30. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






31. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






32. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






33. Need to know o be functionsl






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






35. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






36. 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






37. 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






38. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






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






40. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






41. Role playing






42. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






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






44. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






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






46. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






47. Development of spoken language system






48. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






49. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






50. Theory of moral development