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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
curriculum plan for political science
environment and society curriculum goals
Reflective Teaching
2. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor
phoneme segmentation
five levels of learning geometry
proficiency
strategies to help map reading
3. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.
Quadrant a
Formative Evaluation
how to develop number sense
story problem steps
4. 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
instructional cycle for science instruction
Syllabication
Pre - writing
Equilibration
5. 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
Lau Plan
Experiential Learning
body management
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
6. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting
question
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
Quadarant d
proactive
7. 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.
Skinner - B.F.
third grade number sense
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
social structures activities
8. The history or study of words.
Etymology
Skinner - B.F.
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
transformation
9. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment
five levels of learning geometry
Vygotsky - Lev
psychology activities
ecological - based assessment
10. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events
components of decision making
locomotor skill progression
laboratory - experimentation
citizenship activities
11. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition
Direct Approach (teaching method)
Krashen Affective Filter Hypothesis
Initial Blends
Diphthongs
12. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer
Hunter - Madeline
story problem steps
phonetic
Orthography
13. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education
Dewey - John
economics activities
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
developmental theory
14. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision
components of decision making
four levels of physical education assessment
Intake
factors that predict reading achievement
15. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.
estimation instruction
Semantics
Diphthongs
Cooperative Learning
16. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.
free discovery method
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
number sense
Deductive Reasoning
17. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly
Classical Conditioning
phonics and spelling
fraction instruction
comprehension skills lead to
18. Classical conditioning
constructivism
Reading Approach (teaching method)
Syntactic System
Pavlov - Ivan
19. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making
expository method
activities to gain language knowledge
concepts and skills for social studies
Alphabetic Principle
20. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles
intrinsic phonics
objectives of arts education
Ausubel - David
phonemic awareness fostered with
21. 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
COPEC guidelines for physical education
third grade number sense
Hidalgo - Nitza
phoneme addition
22. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
print awareness
Reflective Teaching
geography curriculum goals
23. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words
fourth and fifth grade number sense
phonics
physical and human systems curriculum goals
synthetic phonics
24. 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
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
Glasser - William
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
number sense
25. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies
first and second grade place value
Critical Thinking
citizenship curriculum
Quadrant b
26. Recogize separate sounds in words
literature analysis needs
assessments for reading
indicators of attitude about science
phoneme isolation
27. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping
Direct Approach (teaching method)
locomotor skill progression
body management
Quadarant d
28. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.
Cognitive Coaching
constructivism
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
sociological theory
29. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole
objectives of arts education
Semantics
types of number relationships for 1-10
phonemic awareness fostered with
30. Language Acquisition hypothesis
Krashen
objectives of arts education
Dewey - John
Alphabetic Principle
31. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
Pavlov - Ivan
ways to encourage citizenship
Canter - Lee
32. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct
phonological awareness
Orthography
Pavlov - Ivan
five spelling stages
33. Modeling
Quadarant c
Guided Writing
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
Bandura - Albert
34. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns
Bandura - Albert
things to include when completing tasks on probability and statistics
focus of elementary math curriculum
synthetic phonics
35. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication
Access
semiphonic spelling
assessment of locomotor skills
science - technology - society perspective
36. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency
transformation
Acquisition
five results of print awareness
four levels of physical education assessment
37. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.
Digraphs
reactive
enrichment strategies
Input
38. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
five levels of learning geometry
three types of essential lessons for social studies
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
estimation instruction
39. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
whole language approach
Syllabication
cardiovascular efficiency
40. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers
first grade number sense
proactive
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
onset - rime phonics
41. 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.
Quadrant a
Cummins
constructivism
Classical Conditioning
42. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen
citizenship curriculum
fourth level of physical education
blend
comprehension strategy
43. Context reduced
Acquisition
transmission
five results of print awareness
Quadarant b and d
44. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought
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
Kohlberg - Lawrence
proficiency
citizenship curriculum
45. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time
cardiovascular efficiency
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
Pre - writing
curriculum - based measure
46. Drills and exercises
Quadrant b
phoneme isolation
utilization
whole language approach
47. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books
Accretion Learning
activities to gain language knowledge
Dewey - John
Vygotsky - Lev
48. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic
Authentic Assessment
Learning Theories
constructivism
Dewey - John
49. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers
achievement test
inquiry promotes
components of decision making
enrichment strategies
50. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application
explicit comprehension instructoin
performance tasks
literature analysis needs
comprehension skills lead to