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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






2. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






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






4. 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






5. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






6. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






7. Amount of force a muscle can produce






8. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






9. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






10. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






12. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






13. Counting to 100






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






15. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






16. Operant Conditioning






17. Children learn through their observations of others






18. Advance organizer






19. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






20. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






21. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






22. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






23. 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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24. 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






25. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






26. Construct understanding from the words






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






28. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






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






30. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






31. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






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






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

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






35. Theory of moral development






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






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






38. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






39. Assertive discipline






40. 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






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






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






43. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






44. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






46. 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.






47. Learning through experience






48. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






49. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






50. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o







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