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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






2. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






3. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






4. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






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






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






7. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






8. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






9. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






10. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






11. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






12. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






13. Region/area - length - set






14. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






15. 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






16. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






17. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






18. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






19. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






20. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






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






22. Counting to 100






23. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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






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






26. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






27. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






28. 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






29. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






30. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






31. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






32. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






33. Face to face conversation






34. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






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






36. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






37. 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






38. Follow the child






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






40. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






41. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






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






43. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






44. Ability to understand sound structure of language






45. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






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






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






48. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






49. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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







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