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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. 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
Quadarant a and c
three categories of arts standards
number sense
political science curriculum goals
2. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
Sight Word
Pavlov - Ivan P.
three concepts for physical education curriculum
3. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment
narrative texts include
reactive
activities to gain language knowledge
dynamic assessment
4. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency
Output
second grade number sense
Bruner - Jerome
four levels of physical education assessment
5. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes
phonics
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Hidalgo - Nitza
overall importance of the arts
6. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.
Cooperative Learning
social structures activities
achievement test
key points in study of people
7. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me
Idioms
Phoneme
health curriculum
language skills are developed
8. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer
economics activities
Hunter - Madeline
performance tasks
Etymology
9. Multiplication and beginning division
third grade number sense
Aids for ELL learners
Montessori - Maria
Whole Language
10. 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
story problem steps
phonetic
approach spelling with
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
11. Integrates the variable for selected investigation
physical fitness
question
Quadarant d
phonics and spelling
12. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate
Kohlberg - Lawrence
semiphonic spelling
indicators of attitude about science
comprehension skills lead to
13. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process
Semantics
Quadrant b
Input
ecological theory
14. 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
three types of essential lessons for social studies
phonetic
Kounin - Jacob
Affixes
15. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills
muscular strength
analytic phonics
aptitude test
ecological - based assessment
16. 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.'
Rime
synthetic phonics
Gilligan - Carol
ecological theory
17. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables
enrichment strategies
Quadrant a
Quadarant d
onset and rime
18. Recogize separate sounds in words
phoneme isolation
Conventional Spelling
economics skills
focus of physical education
19. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency
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20. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues
forecasting
criterion - referenced test
laboratory - experimentation
citizenship curriculum
21. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction
basic concepts in physical education
Phonics
literature based reading approach
free discovery method
22. Identify words that don't belong in a set
Classical Conditioning
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
phoneme categorization
23. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication
CALP
ecological theory
sociology activities
social structures activities
24. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines
three types of essential lessons for social studies
criterion - referenced test
Functional - notional Approach
three categories of arts standards
25. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.
Digraphs
strategies to help map reading
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
factors that predict reading achievement
26. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books
five levels of learning geometry
Cognitive Coaching
activities to gain language knowledge
fluency
27. Begin working with decimals
fifth grade place value
Choral Reading
ten general standard strands
three concepts for physical education curriculum
28. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue
reactive
Echo Reading
Cooperative Learning
phoneme deletion
29. Assertive discipline
Acquisition
literature based reading approach
Canter - Lee
authentic assessment
30. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns
phoneme blending
focus of elementary math curriculum
utilization
orthographic knowledge
31. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.
sociology activities
phoneme blending
Diphthongs
constructivism
32. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ
skills needed to read
Operant Conditioning -
curriculum - based measure
The Silent Way (teaching method)
33. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
poetry instruction helps
health curriculum
performance tasks
observation
34. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills
health curriculum
embedded phonics
citizenship curriculum
Morphemes
35. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).
Onomatopoeia
literature analysis needs
models
decoding
36. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map
proactive
strategies to help map reading
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
core beliefs of mathematics education
37. Social or observational learning theory
economics curriculum goals
social structures activities
Bandura - Albert
orthographic knowledge
38. 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
Gardner - Howard
health curriculum
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
Krashen's Natural Order Hypothesis
39. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer
first level of physical education
Dewey - John
story problem steps
political science curriculum goals
40. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting
first and second grade place value
phonological awareness
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
process indicators
41. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.
Morphemes
phonics and spelling
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
problem solving teaching strategies
42. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness
skills critical to learning to read and write
free discovery method
Orthography
phoneme isolation
43. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting
proactive
word recognition
Etymology
focus of physical education
44. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic
Skinner - B.F.
fluency
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
NCTM principles
45. Language Acquisition hypothesis
third and fourth grade place value
overall importance of the arts
Krashen
Idioms
46. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
Mnemonic Device
indicators of attitude about science
physical fitness
47. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.
Constructivism
Mastery Learning
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
forecasting
48. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word
forecasting
Quadarant c
phoneme deletion
concepts and skills for social studies
49. Math word problems
Dewey - John
Quadarant d
Quadarant c
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
50. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
objectives of arts education
Sight Word
phoneme isolation
reading aloud promotes