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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. Connectionism






3. Operant conditioning






4. Three levels of culture






5. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






6. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






7. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






8. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






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






10. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






11. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






12. 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






13. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






14. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






15. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






16. 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






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






18. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






19. 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






20. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






21. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






22. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






23. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






24. 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






25. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






26. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






27. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






28. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






29. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






30. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






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






32. Theory of moral development






33. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






34. 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%






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






36. Hierarchy of needs






37. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






38. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






39. Discovery learning and constructivism






40. Math word problems






41. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






42. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






43. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






44. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






45. Quadrant of comprehensible input






46. Stages of the ethic of care






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






48. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






49. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






50. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations