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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Models or visual examples of the information
demonstration
economics curriculum goals
embedded phonics
Quadarant c and d
2. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.
inquiry - based
phonics
Quadrant a
Choral Reading
3. Theory of moral development
utilization
Kohlberg - Lawrence
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
Quadarant a and c
4. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher.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
Quadarant c and d
locomotor skills
Round - robin Reading
Formative Evaluation
5. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic
story problem steps
fluency
Quadrant a
skills needed to read
6. 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
print awareness
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
CALLA
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
7. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes
four levels of physical education assessment
fourth level of physical education
fraction manipulatives
phonics
8. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T
Assimilation
Emergence Learning
Scaffolding
Initial Blends
9. Ability to understand sound structure of language
citizenship curriculum
linguistic awareness
Moll - Luis
Hunter - Madeline
10. Three levels of culture
Hidalgo - Nitza
ways to encourage citizenship
Authentic Assessment
multiplication strategies
11. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
Learning Theories
achievement test
citizenship curriculum
12. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography
norm - referenced test
Krashen's - The Monitor
components of decision making
geography areas of knowledge
13. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making
concepts and skills for social studies
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
ecological - based assessment
unifying processes of science
14. Role playing
Quadarant c
anecdotal record
Reading Approach (teaching method)
Access
15. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor
political science curriculum goals
Bandura - Albert
five levels of learning geometry
intrinsic phonics
16. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation
second grade number sense
CALP
social discipline
dynamic assessment
17. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments
key points in study of people
curriculum plan for political science
skills needed to read
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
18. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated
control
Quadarant c
story problem steps
Diphthongs
19. 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.
comprehension strategy
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
Quadarant c and d
parallel process
20. 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.
precontrol
science - technology - society perspective
authentic assessment
Echo Reading
21. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language
laboratory - experimentation
forecasting
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
onset and rime
22. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment
ecological - based assessment
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
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
six traits approach
23. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
Canter - Lee
second level of physical education
health curriculum
24. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
Choral Reading
phonics
parallel process
25. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time
geography curriculum goals
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
Erikson - Erik
discrepant event
26. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency
domains of learning
citizenship curriculum
phoneme deletion
five results of print awareness
27. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons
literature based reading approach
enrichment strategies
cardiovascular efficiency
Emergence Learning
28. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
gain print knowledge
Digraphs
economics activities
phoneme segmentation
29. 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
reading instruction should include
Accretion Learning
three categories of arts standards
Direct Approach (teaching method)
30. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.
Pieget - Jean
COPEC guidelines for physical education
Cooperative Learning
Behaviorism
31. Discrepant event - question - inquiry
Gilligan - Carol
instructional cycle for science instruction
whole language approach
Operant Conditioning -
32. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]
sociological theory
Syllabication
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
Quadarant d
33. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure
three categories of arts standards
types of number activities from 10-20
Output
purpose of teaching reading
34. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them
journal writing
Acquisition
phoneme segmentation
Moll - Luis
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
Aids for ELL learners
Guided Writing
inquiry promotes
people - places and regions curriculum goals
36. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct
CALLA
economics skills
Guided Writing
five spelling stages
37. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas
Affixes
alphabetic principle
question
Assimilation
38. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum
Phoneme
five levels of learning geometry
Constructivism
curriculum - based measure
39. Hierarchy of needs
Maslow - Abraham
Authentic Assessment
Pieget - Jean
Aids for ELL learners
40. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.
five levels of phonological awareness
fourth and fifth grade number sense
Reflective Teaching
Learning Theories
41. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.
Alphabetic Principle
skills needed to decode
Aids for ELL learners
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
42. Multiple intelligences
Strategies for teaching
how to develop number sense
social structures activities
Gardner - Howard
43. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
comprehension strategy
Quadrant a
Pieget - Jean
comprehension skills lead to
44. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence
assessments for reading
first and second grade place value
precommunicative spelling
Aids for ELL learners
45. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism
transformation
Morphemes
ten general standard strands
Cooperative Learning
46. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines
three types of essential lessons for social studies
language skills are developed
ecological - based assessment
phonetic
47. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency
concepts and skills for social studies
analytic phonics
Idioms
four levels of physical education assessment
48. 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
comprehension strategy
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
COPEC guidelines for physical education
skills needed to decode
49. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of
ways to encourage citizenship
concepts and skills for social studies
Bandura - Albert
Input
50. 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
decoding
free discovery method
Moll - Luis
Constructivism
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