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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






2. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






3. Math word problems






4. 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






5. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






7. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






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






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






11. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






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






13. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






14. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






16. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






17. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






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






19. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






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






21. 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






22. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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23. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






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






25. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






26. 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






27. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






28. 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






29. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






30. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






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






32. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






33. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






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






35. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






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






37. Discovery learning and constructivism






38. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






39. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






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






41. Writing






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






43. 'with - it - ness'






44. Operant Conditioning






45. Eight stages of human development






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






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






48. 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






49. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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