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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
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1. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






2. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






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






5. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






6. Hierarchy of needs






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






8. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






10. Direct instruction






11. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






13. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






15. 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






16. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






17. Mapping






18. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






19. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






20. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






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






22. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






23. Operant conditioning






24. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






25. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






26. 'with - it - ness'






27. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






28. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






29. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






30. 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






31. Connectionism






32. Context reduced






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






34. Funds of knowledge






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






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






37. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






38. 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






39. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






40. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






41. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






42. 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






43. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






44. 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






45. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






46. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






47. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






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






49. Models or visual examples of the information






50. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education