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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity
comprehension skills lead to
kindergarten place value
Krashen's - The Monitor
fourth level of physical education
2. Face to face conversation
Quadrant a
core beliefs of mathematics education
anecdotal record
Guided Reading
3. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language
Guided Reading
ways to encourage citizenship
poetry instruction helps
transmission
4. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate
indicators of attitude about science
Quadarant c
science - technology - society perspective
Direct Approach (teaching method)
5. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words
onset - rime phonics
strategies to help map reading
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
gain print knowledge
6. Multiplication and beginning division
third grade number sense
flexibility
norm - referenced test
transmission
7. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.
Authentic Assessment
Portfolio Assessment
anthropology activities
domains of learning
8. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them
laboratory - experimentation
Kounin - Jacob
phoneme segmentation
fluency
9. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word
process indicators
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
phoneme blending
subtraction strategies
10. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar
approach spelling with
Glasser - William
story problem steps
analogy - based phonics
11. 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
Critical Thinking
Onomatopoeia
Quadarant d
Acquisition
12. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
Classical Conditioning
observation
overall importance of the arts
13. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated
phoneme deletion
subtraction strategies
ecological theory
control
14. Modeling
Krashen's Natural Order Hypothesis
Bandura - Albert
purpose of teaching reading
phoneme addition
15. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure
purpose of teaching reading
CALLA
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
basic concepts in physical education
16. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o
activities to gain language knowledge
addition strategies
five levels of phonological awareness
Phoneme
17. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform
Quadarant d
language skills are developed
sociology activities
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
18. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.
physical fitness
Summative evaluation
Formative Evaluation
five levels of learning geometry
19. Children learn through their observations of others
sociological theory
comprehension skills lead to
physical fitness
Phoneme
20. Based on experiences they have and materials presented
guided inquiry
fifth grade place value
body management
language skills are developed
21. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
Gardner - Howard
fifth grade place value
number sense
comprehension strategy
22. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.
literature analysis needs
instructional approaches for reading
Morphemes
norm - referenced test
23. Learning through experience
Gardner - Howard
gain print knowledge
Dewey - John
third grade number sense
24. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass
Deductive Reasoning
Initial Blends
Canter - Lee
body composition
25. 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
three concepts for physical education curriculum
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Onomatopoeia
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
26. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness
Classical Conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
key points in study of people
skills critical to learning to read and write
27. Math word problems
Round - robin Reading
Operant Conditioning -
Quadarant d
Sight Word
28. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
diagnostic assessment
Quadarant c
reading aloud promotes
first grade number sense
29. Topographical - projective - Euclidian
phonics and spelling
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
discrepant event
three stages of map reading
30. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation
focus of elementary math curriculum
dynamic assessment
economics curriculum goals
inquiry
31. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
inquiry
Quadrant a
health curriculum
32. '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.
phoneme segmentation
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
Quadrant a
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
33. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
Conventional Spelling
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
Mnemonic Device
34. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought
Canter - Lee
proficiency
developmental theory
The Silent Way (teaching method)
35. Mapping
CALLA
four aspects of maps
Quadarant c
CALP
36. 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
COPEC guidelines for physical education
comprehension
people - places and regions curriculum goals
phoneme categorization
37. Operant Conditioning
Deductive Reasoning
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
Skinner - B.F.
Reading Approach (teaching method)
38. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities
Dewey - John
second level of physical education
alphabetic principle
curriculum - based measure
39. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests
CALP
second grade number sense
three types of essential lessons for social studies
purpose of physical education
40. Recogize separate sounds in words
Alphabetic Principle
Initial Blends
phoneme isolation
oral language
41. Drills and exercises
instructional cycle for science instruction
Quadarant c
Bandura - Albert
Quadrant b
42. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
gain print knowledge
problem solving teaching strategies
print awareness
criterion - referenced test
43. Congnitively demanding
Quadarant c and d
alternative assessment
Formative Evaluation
language skills are developed
44. 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
Affixes
Onomatopoeia
Aids for ELL learners
first and second grade place value
45. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.
constructivism
types of number relationships for 1-10
Guided Reading
Onomatopoeia
46. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable
Quadrant b
Quadarant b and d
Phonogram
blend
47. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria
inquiry
Glasser - William
Guided Reading
authentic assessment
48. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly
onset and rime
models
Lau Plan
fraction instruction
49. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment
narrative texts include
comprehension skills lead to
Skinner - B.F.
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
50. 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
concepts and skills for social studies
Emergent Reader
Echo Reading
Gardner - Howard