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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






2. Classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






7. Models or visual examples of the information






8. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






9. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






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






11. Children learn through their observations of others






12. Context embedded






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






14. 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






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






16. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






17. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






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






19. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






20. (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






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






22. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






23. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






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






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






26. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






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






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






29. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






30. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






31. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






32. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






33. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






34. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






35. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






36. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






37. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






38. Mapping






39. Face to face conversation






40. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






41. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






42. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






43. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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






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






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






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






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






49. Connectionism






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