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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Discovery learning and constructivism
Bruner - Jerome
Lau vs. Nichols
muscular strength
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
2. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision
components of decision making
ecological theory
literature analysis needs
Skinner - B.F.
3. Writing
primary components of learning geography
locomotor skills
Quadarant d
Mnemonic Device
4. Advance organizer
Ausubel - David
Guided Reading
whole language approach
three categories of arts standards
5. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence
cardiovascular efficiency
economics skills
first grade number sense
assessments for reading
6. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises
third level of physical education
phoneme segmentation
Cognitive Coaching
Information Processing
7. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic
Learning Theories
Deductive Reasoning
Quadarant c
second level of physical education
8. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t
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9. Children learn through their observations of others
Assimilation
Phonogram
Alphabetic Principle
sociological theory
10. 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
inquiry
anthropology activities
Constructivism
semiphonic spelling
11. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives
Scaffolding
muscular strength
second level of physical education
fraction teaching strategies
12. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments
curriculum plan for political science
norm - referenced test
direct daily measurement
fraction teaching strategies
13. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels
The Silent Way (teaching method)
phonics instruction
NCTM principles
purpose of physical education
14. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem
ecological theory
Gilligan - Carol
activities to gain language knowledge
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
15. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.
Emergent Reader
Acquisition
reactive
Alphabetic Principle
16. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma
Syntactic System
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
onset - rime phonics
intrinsic phonics
17. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction
diagnostic assessment
phonics and spelling
Rime
Quadarant c and d
18. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery
forecasting
proficiency
five results of print awareness
geography areas of knowledge
19. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
third grade number sense
concepts and skills for social studies
analytic phonics
20. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
number sense
Gardner - Howard
intrinsic phonics
observation
21. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition
Rime
Deductive Reasoning
proactive
Krashen Affective Filter Hypothesis
22. 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
Rogers - Carl
Critical Thinking
aptitude test
alphabetic principle
23. 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
Kohlberg - Lawrence
four aspects of maps
orthographic knowledge
Gardner - Howard
24. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
approach spelling with
Whole Language
Kounin - Jacob
Quadarant b and d
25. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.
health curriculum
CALLA
Formative Evaluation
Syllabication
26. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers
Access
third grade number sense
first grade number sense
Alphabetic Principle
27. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization
Equilibration
primary components of learning geography
enrichment strategies
Schemata - a data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are three types of schemata's - content - language - and textual. 1.) Content Schemata
28. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech
decoding skills
onset and rime
people - places and regions curriculum goals
skills critical to learning to read and write
29. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions
science - technology - society perspective
purpose of teaching reading
components of decision making
criterion - referenced test
30. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue
Semantics
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
reactive
guided inquiry
31. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities
five results of print awareness
Information Processing
multiplication strategies
second level of physical education
32. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
locomotor skills
linguistic awareness
onset - rime phonics
gain print knowledge
33. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting
Operant Conditioning -
alternative assessment
proactive
phoneme isolation
34. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
Quadarant d
comprehension skills lead to
factors that predict reading achievement
estimation instruction
35. 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
Bandura - Albert
components of decision making
Idioms
36. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge
primary components of learning geography
Acquisition
literature analysis needs
types of number activities from 10-20
37. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling
Scaffolding
comprehension skills lead to
anthropology activities
Cummins
38. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.
three types of essential lessons for social studies
Diphthongs
health curriculum
Thorndike - Edward
39. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations
citizenship activities
decoding
alternative assessment
science - technology - society perspective
40. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.
approach spelling with
Deductive Reasoning
Phonics
Quadrant a
41. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'
Digraphs
alternative assessment
Rime
citizenship curriculum
42. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process
Homographs
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
Input
fluency
43. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.
Access
phonics and spelling
Alphabetic Principle
Kohlberg - Lawrence
44. 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.
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
Krashen's Natural Approach
estimation instruction
economics activities
45. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.
narrative texts include
Mastery Learning
Etymology
precommunicative spelling
46. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.
Semantics
Ausubel - David
fifth grade place value
Guided Reading
47. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing
constructivism
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
Emergence Learning
assessment of locomotor skills
48. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
Quadarant d
ecological - based assessment
assessment of locomotor skills
49. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph
indicators of attitude about science
phoneme blending
Bandura - Albert
Piaget - Jean (1896-1980)
50. Eight stages of human development
Erikson - Erik
blend
models
proactive