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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






2. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






3. 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.






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






5. Lower level questioning






6. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






7. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






8. Multiplication and beginning division






9. Congnitively demanding






10. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






11. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






12. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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. 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






15. Models or visual examples of the information






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






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






18. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






20. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






21. Writing






22. Context reduced






23. The history or study of words.






24. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






25. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






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






27. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






28. Assertive discipline






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






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






31. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






32. Operant conditioning






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






34. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






35. 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






36. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






44. Eight stages of human development






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






46. Begin working with decimals






47. Classical conditioning






48. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






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






50. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests