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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






2. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






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






4. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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






6. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






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






9. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






10. The history or study of words.






11. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






12. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






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






14. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






15. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






16. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






17. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






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






19. Models or visual examples of the information






20. Classical conditioning






21. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






22. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






23. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






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






25. Stages of the ethic of care






26. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






27. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






28. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






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






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






31. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






32. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






33. Quadrant of comprehensible input






34. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






35. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






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






37. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






38. 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






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






40. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






41. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






42. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






43. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






44. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






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






46. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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






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






49. Multiplication and beginning division






50. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.