Praxis 2 K-6 PLT 5622 Test Questions and 100% Correct Answers

Zone of Proximal Development What a learner can do independently, what a learner can do with help, and what a learner can't do. Transfer of Learning How individuals would transfer learning in one context to another, similar context - or how "improvement in one mental function" could influence a related one. Classical Conditioning Refers to a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell). (Pavlov) Metacognition Awareness and understanding of ones own thought process KWL Chart Graphic Organizer that identifies what a student knows, wants to learn, and what they learned as part of a specific content. Aptitude Test A test designed to determine a person's ability in a particular skill or field of knowledge. Achievement Test Measures what a students has achieved, acquired certain information, and mastered skills Unit Test A summative assessment at the end of a unit to evaluate student learning Ability Test Tests of General or Global ability. Tests of specific cognitive ability. Also referred to as "g", Intelligence, or IQ tests. (Abstract reasoning, Verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning) Pragmatism Reasonable and logical way of thinking about problems in a specific situation Cognitivism How we think and gain knowledge Behaviorism Understanding human and animal behavior Constructivism How people learn; How people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world based on experience and reflection on those experience