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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






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






3. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






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






5. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






6. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






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






8. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






9. 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






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






11. 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.'






12. Direct instruction






13. 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






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






15. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






16. Need to know o be functionsl






17. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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






19. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






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






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






22. Region/area - length - set






23. Multiple intelligences






24. Models or visual examples of the information






25. Learning through experience






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






27. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






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

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29. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






30. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






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






32. Music






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






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






35. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






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






37. Experiential Learning






38. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






39. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






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






42. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






43. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






44. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






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






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






47. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






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






49. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






50. Follow the child