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PLT Praxis Flashcards

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What is the zone of proximal development?

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the gap of what a learner can do on their own to what they can do with help from a knowledgeable person.

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What is classical conditioning?

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an automatic response that occurs with a specific stimulus

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What is metacognition?

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awareness of a person’s thinking

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What is transfer?

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the ability to use knowledge and skills learned in a new or different context.

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Reflecting back on KWL charts allow students to see…

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the actual progress they made towards their goals.

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What is an aptitude test?

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a standardized test that measures one’s potential to success in a specific task/skill

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What is an ability test?

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a test that measures someone’s abilities involved with thinking

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What is an achievement test?

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a test that measures knowledge/skills in a specific area

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Who discovered the area of proximal development?

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Lev Vgotsky

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What did Vgotsky believe about learning?

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Development and learning is guided through social interactions

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What did Piaget believe?

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Children learn at specific stages and construct understanding from their environment

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What is the pragmatism theory?

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(Charles Sanders Pierce) Knowledge, language, beliefs, etc are valid if they are practical and lead to success.

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What is the cognitivism theory?

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(Piaget) Learners play an active role in information processing with areas of knowledge, thinking, problem-solving. The mental processes of the brain.

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What is the behaviorism theory?

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(Watson) All behaviors are learned through interactions with the environment.

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What is the constructivism theory?

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(Piaget and Vgotsky) Learners build on to existing information to learn new information.

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What is analytical scoring

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assigning separate scores to different aspects

17
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What is holistic scoring?

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assesses the product as a whole, not by individual pieces.

18
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True or false: Boys are most likely than girls to bully others and use physical aggression.

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True

19
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What did Maslow believe?

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Humans have to fill their needs in a specific order.

20
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What did John Watson believe?

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behaviors of humans should be primary focused on, instead of internal processes like thoughts and feelings.

21
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What did Erik Erikson believe?

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At each stage of life, students have an internal conflict.

22
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What did Thorndike believe?

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Readiness, exercise, effect. Students will learn as bonds are being reinforced.

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What is the cognitive domain?

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Focuses on intellectual skills: critical thinking, problem-solving, etc

24
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What is the affective domain?

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focuses in how people’s emotions develop as they learn

25
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With respect to phonemic awareness, which of the following could be the greatest area of challenge for an English-language learner?

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Sounds that are different in the student’s native language

26
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What is the psychomotor domain?

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Focuses on physical skills and motor actions

27
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A school establishes a mentoring program for incoming teachers. Which of the following is the primary goal of this program?

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Providing one-to-one assistance for new teachers

28
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Makayla, a sixth-grade student, received a grade-equivalent score of 7.2 on a recent standardized reading test. Which of the following interpretations of the data is most accurate to communicate to Makayla’s parents?

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Makayla’s overall reading ability is comparable to that of a student who is in the second month of seventh grade.

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A teacher evaluates the scores students in a class achieved on a recent standardized assessment. Which of the following best describes the instructional implications of a high standard deviation in the scores?

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The teacher must differentiate instruction to meet the wide range of ability levels in the class.

30
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Which of the following requires that public schools provide increased accountability measured by the administration of standardized tests?

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The No Child Left Behind Act

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