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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Operant Conditioning






2. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






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






5. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






6. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






7. 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






8. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






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






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






12. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






13. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






14. Congnitively demanding






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






16. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






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






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






19. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






20. Eight stages of human development






21. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






22. 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






23. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






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






25. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






26. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






27. Multiplication and beginning division






28. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






29. Hierarchy of needs






30. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






31. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






32. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






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






34. Congitively undemanding






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






38. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






39. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






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






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






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






43. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






45. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






47. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






48. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






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






50. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines