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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






2. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






4. (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






5. Drills and exercises






6. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Eight stages of human development






11. Need to know o be functionsl






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






13. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






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






15. Mapping






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






17. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






18. Identify words that don't belong in a set






19. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






20. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






21. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






22. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






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






24. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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25. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






26. 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






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






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






29. Three levels of culture






30. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






31. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






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






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






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

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35. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






37. Multiplication and beginning division






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

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39. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






40. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






42. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






43. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






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






45. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






46. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






47. Proficiency of the academic Language






48. Recogize separate sounds in words






49. Congitively undemanding






50. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct