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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Level of readiness must be reached to learn
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
locomotor skill progression
developmental theory
Syntactic System
2. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
ecological theory
gain print knowledge
third and fourth grade place value
fifth grade place value
3. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education
economics activities
focus of elementary math curriculum
Piaget - Jean (1896-1980)
fourth and fifth grade number sense
4. 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
phonetic
synthetic phonics
question
5. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application
third and fourth grade place value
explicit comprehension instructoin
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
6. Social or observational learning theory
ecological theory
basic concepts in physical education
Bandura - Albert
Scaffolding
7. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer
Quadarant a and c
third grade number sense
Constructivism
story problem steps
8. Learning through experience
Dewey - John
linguistic awareness
diagnostic assessment
Quadarant d
9. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control
overall importance of the arts
Orthography
precontrol
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
10. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
journal writing
Phonogram
authentic assessment
11. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context
gain print knowledge
Operant Conditioning -
three categories of arts standards
citizenship curriculum
12. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity
Skinner - B.F.
fourth level of physical education
economics skills
number sense
13. Hierarchy of needs
Maslow - Abraham
four aspects of maps
assessment of locomotor skills
utilization
14. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.
third grade number sense
Reflective Teaching
fourth level of physical education
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
15. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography
Pavlov - Ivan P.
Strategies for teaching
geography areas of knowledge
Learning Theories
16. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.
people - places and regions curriculum goals
Phonics
Mnemonic Device
criterion - referenced test
17. 'with - it - ness'
number sense
key points in study of people
Scaffolding
Kounin - Jacob
18. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
Intake
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
factors that predict reading achievement
19. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
Experiential Learning
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
20. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly
fraction instruction
sociological theory
onset and rime
economics curriculum goals
21. 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
Aids for ELL learners
precommunicative spelling
Quadarant c
Piaget - Jean (1896-1980)
22. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books
constructivism
Montessori - Maria
activities to gain language knowledge
Homographs
23. 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.
Phonogram
phoneme addition
Strategies for teaching
analytic phonics
24. Modeling
anecdotal record
Bandura - Albert
Echo Reading
Quadarant c and d
25. Art
purpose of teaching reading
Quadrant a
five levels of learning geometry
Gardner - Howard
26. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge
inquiry - based
Echo Reading
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
purpose of physical education
27. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers
linguistic awareness
Pieget - Jean
first grade number sense
Choral Reading
28. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
journal writing
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
comprehension
29. 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
overall importance of the arts
Round - robin Reading
social discipline
Reading Approach (teaching method)
30. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making
comprehension
concepts and skills for social studies
Quadrant b
Quadarant d
31. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.
phoneme deletion
Montessori - Maria
Reading Approach (teaching method)
ten general standard strands
32. Context reduced
Direct Approach (teaching method)
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
linguistic awareness
Quadarant b and d
33. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.
Moll - Luis
Portfolio Assessment
Output
precontrol
34. Connectionism
Thorndike - Edward
Experiential Learning
five spelling stages
three types of essential lessons for social studies
35. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions
Syllabication
multiplication strategies
people - places and regions curriculum goals
phoneme isolation
36. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words
transitional
orthographic knowledge
Formative Evaluation
precommunicative spelling
37. 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.
COPEC guidelines for physical education
Morphemes
Rime
four levels of physical education assessment
38. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words
CALLA
citizenship activities
synthetic phonics
transmission
39. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language
poetry instruction helps
Maslow - Abraham
criterion - referenced test
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
40. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words
whole language approach
components of decision making
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
onset - rime phonics
41. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.
Conventional Spelling
Bandura - Albert
control
health curriculum
42. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
reading aloud promotes
Accretion Learning
43. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol
first grade number sense
explicit comprehension instructoin
Round - robin Reading
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
44. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting
third level of physical education
proactive
Strategies for teaching
ecological theory
45. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output
poetry instruction helps
Moll - Luis
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
components of decision making
46. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment
inquiry - based
health curriculum
narrative texts include
journal writing
47. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher
portfolios
free discovery method
Kounin - Jacob
alphabetic principle
48. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.
CALP
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
Pieget - Jean
Dewey - John
49. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life
Pavlov - Ivan P.
alternative assessment
Krashen
political science curriculum goals
50. Classical conditioning
oral language
Pavlov - Ivan
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
instructional cycle for science instruction
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