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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting
Gardner - Howard
Idioms
diagnostic assessment
proactive
2. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.
poetry instruction helps
phoneme deletion
Semantics
achievement test
3. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency
skills needed to read
second grade number sense
Quadarant a and c
phonics instruction
4. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group
ecological theory
norm - referenced test
inquiry
utilization
5. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively
blend
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
demonstration
physical fitness
6. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map
Erikson - Erik
strategies to help map reading
geography areas of knowledge
decoding
7. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole
decoding
factors that predict reading achievement
types of number relationships for 1-10
Guided Writing
8. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
laboratory - experimentation
anthropology activities
three categories of arts standards
observation
9. Zone of proximal development
Vygotsky - Lev
components of decision making
Formative Evaluation
constructivism
10. 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
word recognition
Orthography
Syntactic System
Maslow - Abraham
11. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns
focus of elementary math curriculum
strategies to help map reading
embedded phonics
environment and society curriculum goals
12. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes
Initial Blends
phonics and spelling
Alphabetic Principle
four levels of physical education assessment
13. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way
geography curriculum goals
physical and human systems curriculum goals
phoneme segmentation
types of number relationships for 1-10
14. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum
semiphonic spelling
instructional approaches for reading
curriculum - based measure
physical fitness
15. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).
Erikson - Erik
Sight Word
ecological theory
inquiry - based
16. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction
direct daily measurement
Alphabetic Principle
synthetic phonics
Canter - Lee
17. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.
Bandura - Albert
Bandura - Albert
free discovery method
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
18. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context
Canter - Lee
three categories of arts standards
discrepant event
forecasting
19. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole
science - technology - society perspective
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
fluency
kindergarten place value
20. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class
Kounin - Jacob
ways to encourage citizenship
purpose of teaching reading
components of decision making
21. Stages of the ethic of care
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
journal writing
Gilligan - Carol
focus of physical education
22. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons
Quadarant c
enrichment strategies
ways to encourage citizenship
three categories of arts standards
23. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students
instructional approaches for reading
discrepant event
kindergarten place value
phonics instruction approach
24. 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
constructivism
models
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Morphemes
25. Integrates the variable for selected investigation
Quadarant a and c
Cognitive Coaching
question
Assimilation
26. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills
Bandura - Albert
Reading Approach (teaching method)
aptitude test
kindergarten place value
27. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives
print awareness
models
fraction teaching strategies
story problem steps
28. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency
literature based reading approach
economics curriculum goals
Pavlov - Ivan P.
five results of print awareness
29. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction
Bandura - Albert
Reflective Teaching
basic concepts in physical education
Quadarant c and d
30. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
COPEC guidelines for physical education
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
approach spelling with
Phonogram
31. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels
Diphthongs
environment and society curriculum goals
Quadarant d
phonics instruction
32. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts
Output
skills needed to read
word recognition
diagnostic assessment
33. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word
Ausubel - David
control
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
phoneme substitution
34. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities
second level of physical education
Bruner - Jerome
political science curriculum goals
observation
35. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines
multiplication strategies
Diphthongs
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
reactive
36. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.
reading aloud promotes
Diphthongs
discrepant event
precontrol
37. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art
Portfolio Assessment
physical fitness
objectives of arts education
economics curriculum goals
38. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals
standards - based assessment
phoneme substitution
five results of print awareness
phonics and spelling
39. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development
psychology activities
Formative Evaluation
five results of print awareness
intrinsic phonics
40. Blending sounds in a word to say the word
phonemic awareness
Input
decoding
phoneme addition
41. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.
print awareness
Echo Reading
Functional - notional Approach
gain print knowledge
42. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment
Quadarant b and d
phonics instruction
narrative texts include
muscular strength
43. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
third level of physical education
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
Portfolio Assessment
44. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma
muscular strength
Emergent Reader
multiplication strategies
COPEC guidelines for physical education
45. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.
Round - robin Reading
Pre - writing
oral language
primary components of learning geography
46. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .
three concepts for physical education curriculum
types of number activities from 10-20
Homographs
Krashen's - The Monitor
47. Language Acquisition hypothesis
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
Krashen
Affixes
The Silent Way (teaching method)
48. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness
Quadrant a
skills critical to learning to read and write
Phoneme
indicators of attitude about science
49. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
focus of elementary math curriculum
phoneme identity
Krashen's Natural Order Hypothesis
50. Development of spoken language system
core beliefs of mathematics education
oral language
ways to encourage citizenship
Krashen's Natural Approach
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