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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Ability to understand sound structure of language






2. Learning through experience






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






4. Stages of cognitive development






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






6. Social or observational learning theory






7. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






8. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






9. Construct understanding from the words






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






11. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






12. Reading






13. 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






14. Direct instruction






15. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






16. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






17. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






18. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






19. Art






20. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






21. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






22. 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






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






24. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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

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






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






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






29. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






31. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






32. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






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






34. 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






35. Begin working with decimals






36. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






37. '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.






38. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






39. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






40. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






41. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






42. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






43. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






44. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






45. 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.






46. The history or study of words.






47. 'with - it - ness'






48. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






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






50. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment