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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






2. 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






3. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






4. Context embedded






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






6. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






7. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






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






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






10. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






11. 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






12. Follow the child






13. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






14. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






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






16. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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17. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






18. Counting to 100






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






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






21. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






22. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






24. Identify words that don't belong in a set






25. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






26. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






32. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






33. Funds of knowledge






34. Operant Conditioning






35. Begin working with decimals






36. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






37. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






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






39. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






40. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






42. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






44. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






45. How long can a muscle produce force






46. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






48. Face to face conversation






49. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






50. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






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