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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. Discovery learning and constructivism






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






7. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






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






9. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






10. Multiple intelligences






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






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






13. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






14. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






15. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






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






17. 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.






18. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






20. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






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






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






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






24. Children learn through their observations of others






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






26. 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






27. Math word problems






28. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






29. Begin working with decimals






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






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






32. Social or observational learning theory






33. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






34. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






35. Mapping






36. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






38. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






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






40. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






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






42. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






43. Experiential Learning






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






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






46. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






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






48. Multiplication and beginning division






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






50. Lower level questioning







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