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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Congitively undemanding






2. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






3. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






4. Begin working with decimals






5. Funds of knowledge






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






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






8. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






9. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






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






11. 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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12. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






13. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






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






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






16. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






17. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






18. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






19. Mapping






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






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






22. 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).






23. Music






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






25. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






26. Multiplication and beginning division






27. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






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






30. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






31. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






32. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






33. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






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






35. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






36. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






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






38. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






39. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






40. 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






41. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






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






43. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






44. How long can a muscle produce force






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






46. 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.






47. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






48. Models or visual examples of the information






49. Advance organizer






50. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach