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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity
proficiency
Reflective Teaching
fourth level of physical education
Syllabication
2. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency
CALP
Morphemes
four levels of physical education assessment
first and second grade place value
3. Funds of knowledge
Bruner - Jerome
Moll - Luis
fifth grade place value
Canter - Lee
4. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.
first level of physical education
Quadarant d
Digraphs
achievement test
5. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle
word recognition
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
skills needed to decode
proficiency
6. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence
orthographic knowledge
Intake
semiphonic spelling
Functional - notional Approach
7. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning
core beliefs of mathematics education
three categories of arts standards
instructional approaches for reading
muscular endurance
8. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.
performance tasks
Conventional Spelling
Mnemonic Device
intrinsic phonics
9. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting
Cooperative Learning
phonetic
process indicators
Equilibration
10. 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
number sense
Accretion Learning
economics skills
Idioms
11. Ability to understand sound structure of language
linguistic awareness
fraction teaching strategies
economics skills
phoneme segmentation
12. Role playing
first level of physical education
CALLA
concepts and skills for social studies
Quadarant c
13. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure
unifying processes of science
Bandura - Albert
basic concepts in physical education
Quadarant b and d
14. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization
Canter - Lee
Information Processing
NCTM principles
primary components of learning geography
15. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students
inquiry
discrepant event
free discovery method
six traits approach
16. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.
economics skills
Alphabetic Principle
models
Phonics
17. 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
objectives of arts education
Affixes
Summative evaluation
Quadarant b and d
18. Children learn through their observations of others
Pavlov - Ivan
sociological theory
whole language approach
models
19. 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
models
Initial Blends
precommunicative spelling
Kohlberg - Lawrence
20. The history or study of words.
Etymology
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
three types of essential lessons for social studies
Classical Conditioning
21. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions
Reflective Teaching
instructional approaches for reading
six traits approach
Quadarant c
22. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
Bandura - Albert
multiplication strategies
types of number relationships for 1-10
23. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
Syllabication
Vygotsky - Lev
Ausubel - David
approach spelling with
24. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process
Critical Thinking
laboratory - experimentation
number sense
Conventional Spelling
25. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them
phoneme segmentation
psychology activities
Gilligan - Carol
Skinner - B.F.
26. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic
third level of physical education
expository method
Learning Theories
Quadarant d
27. Proficiency of the academic Language
Functional - notional Approach
CALP
Skinner - B.F.
Rime
28. Social or observational learning theory
Bandura - Albert
Phoneme
Mnemonic Device
Krashen's Input Hypothesis
29. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development
four aspects of maps
purpose of physical education
body management
word recognition
30. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their
Equilibration
Homographs
anthropology activities
Classical Conditioning
31. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.
transmission
transitional
Portfolio Assessment
Access
32. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.
three stages of map reading
Quadarant a and c
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
33. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies
analytic phonics
estimation instruction
curriculum for reading include
developmental theory
34. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
decoding
phonetic
comprehension
35. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.
narrative texts include
comprehension skills lead to
Mastery Learning
enrichment strategies
36. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading
inquiry - based
guided inquiry
literature based reading approach
forecasting
37. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.
CALLA
Summative evaluation
Morphemes
phoneme addition
38. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
onset - rime phonics
control
phonics instruction
39. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words
synthetic phonics
enrichment strategies
phonics and spelling
Experiential Learning
40. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context
Echo Reading
skills needed to read
Quadarant d
three categories of arts standards
41. Congitively undemanding
fifth grade place value
Quadrant a and b
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
comprehension
42. 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
Quadarant b and d
Syllabication
proactive
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
43. 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.'
diagnostic assessment
phonemic awareness fostered with
precontrol
Rime
44. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge
unifying processes of science
types of number activities from 10-20
purpose of physical education
Quadarant b and d
45. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought
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
Reflective Teaching
phonemic awareness fostered with
proficiency
46. Direct instruction
Bandura - Albert
instructional cycle for science instruction
Hunter - Madeline
Assimilation
47. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence
focus of elementary math curriculum
aptitude test
precommunicative spelling
phoneme blending
48. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj
Functional - notional Approach
fourth and fifth grade number sense
core beliefs of mathematics education
fraction manipulatives
49. 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
unifying processes of science
Sight Word
COPEC guidelines for physical education
guided inquiry
50. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
Acquisition
reading aloud promotes
instructional approaches for reading
skills critical to learning to read and write