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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






2. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






3. Funds of knowledge






4. Congnitively demanding






5. (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






6. Need to know o be functionsl






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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






15. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






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






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






18. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






19. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






20. Math word problems






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






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






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






24. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






25. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






26. 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






27. Zone of proximal development






28. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






29. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






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






31. Development of spoken language system






32. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






33. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






34. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






35. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






36. Theory of moral development






37. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






38. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






39. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






40. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






41. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






42. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






43. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






44. Lower level questioning






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






46. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






47. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






48. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






49. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






50. 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







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