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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Discovery learning and constructivism






2. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






3. Writing






4. Advance organizer






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






6. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






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






8. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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9. Children learn through their observations of others






10. 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






11. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






12. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






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






14. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






16. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






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






18. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






19. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






20. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






25. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






26. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






27. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






28. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






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






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






32. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






33. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






34. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






35. 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






36. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






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






38. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






39. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






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






41. 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.'






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






43. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






44. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






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






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






47. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






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






49. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






50. Eight stages of human development