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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






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






3. Operant Conditioning






4. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






5. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






6. 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






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






8. Physical education






9. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






11. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






12. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






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






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

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15. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






16. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






17. Models or visual examples of the information






18. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






19. 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






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






21. Recogize separate sounds in words






22. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






23. Music






24. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






25. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






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






27. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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






29. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






30. Choice/control theory






31. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






32. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






33. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






34. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






35. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






36. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






37. Multiple intelligences






38. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






39. Children learn through their observations of others






40. 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%






41. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






42. 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.






43. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






44. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






45. 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






46. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






47. 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.'






48. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






49. 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






50. Connectionism