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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Assertive discipline






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






3. Role playing






4. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






5. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






6. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






7. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






8. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






9. Reading






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






11. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






12. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






13. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






14. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






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






16. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






17. 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






18. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






19. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






20. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






21. Eight stages of human development






22. Multiple intelligences






23. '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.






24. Amount of force a muscle can produce






25. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






26. Congitively undemanding






27. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






28. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






29. Region/area - length - set






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






31. Operant conditioning






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






33. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






34. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






35. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






36. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






37. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






38. 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






39. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






40. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






41. Funds of knowledge






42. 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






43. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






44. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






45. Congnitively demanding






46. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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






48. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






49. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






50. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.