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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Multiple intelligences






2. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






3. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






4. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






5. Context reduced






6. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






7. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






8. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






9. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






10. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






11. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






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






13. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






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






16. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






17. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






18. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






19. Eight stages of human development






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






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






22. Modeling






23. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






24. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






25. Classical conditioning






26. Advance organizer






27. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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






29. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






30. Connectionism






31. 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






32. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






33. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






34. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






35. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






36. 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






37. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






38. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






39. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






40. Assertive discipline






41. 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






42. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






43. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






44. 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






45. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






46. Identify words that don't belong in a set






47. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






48. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






49. How long can a muscle produce force






50. Counting to 100