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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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.






2. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






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






4. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






5. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






6. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






7. Operant Conditioning






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






9. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






10. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






11. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






12. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






13. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






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






16. Multiplication and beginning division






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






18. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






19. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






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






21. Funds of knowledge






22. 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






23. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






24. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






25. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






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






27. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






28. Context reduced






29. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






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






31. Proficiency of the academic Language






32. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






33. Zone of proximal development






34. Need to know o be functionsl






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






36. Mapping






37. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






38. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






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






40. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






41. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






42. Follow the child






43. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






44. Stages of the ethic of care






45. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






46. Amount of force a muscle can produce






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






48. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






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






50. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students