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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Music






2. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






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

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4. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






5. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






6. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






7. Modeling






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






9. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






10. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






11. 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






12. Theory of moral development






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






14. Region/area - length - set






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






16. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






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






18. 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






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






20. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






21. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






22. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






23. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






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






25. Models or visual examples of the information






26. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






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






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






29. Construct understanding from the words






30. Direct instruction






31. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






32. Development of spoken language system






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






34. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






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






36. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






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






38. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






39. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






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






41. Advance organizer






42. Begin working with decimals






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






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






45. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






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






47. Eight stages of human development






48. Learning through experience






49. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






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






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