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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Learning through experience






2. Classical conditioning






3. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






4. Begin working with decimals






5. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






6. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






8. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






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






10. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






11. Children learn through their observations of others






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






13. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






14. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






15. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






16. Advance organizer






17. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






18. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






20. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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21. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






22. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






23. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






24. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






25. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






26. 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






27. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






28. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






29. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






30. Context reduced






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






32. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






33. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






34. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






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






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






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






38. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






39. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






40. 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.






41. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






42. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






44. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






45. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






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






47. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






48. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






49. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






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