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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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1. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






2. Multiple intelligences






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






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






5. Learning through experience






6. Connectionism






7. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






8. Context reduced






9. Math word problems






10. The history or study of words.






11. 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






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






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






14. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






15. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






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






17. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






18. Operant Conditioning






19. Music






20. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






21. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






22. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






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






24. Three levels of culture






25. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






26. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






27. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






28. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






29. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






30. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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






32. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






34. 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






35. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






36. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






37. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






38. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






40. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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






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






43. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






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






45. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






46. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






48. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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49. Need to know o be functionsl






50. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.