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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within
Quadrant a
citizenship curriculum
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
approach spelling with
2. Models or visual examples of the information
orthographic knowledge
demonstration
Bandura - Albert
Diphthongs
3. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard
Conventional Spelling
dynamic assessment
poetry instruction helps
phonetic
4. Knowing the basic concepts about written words
print awareness
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
decoding
Quadarant a and c
5. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction
assessment of locomotor skills
The Silent Way (teaching method)
diagnostic assessment
Quadrant a and b
6. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making
portfolios
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
concepts and skills for social studies
Quadarant d
7. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises
third level of physical education
three concepts for physical education curriculum
Orthography
Quadrant a
8. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships
proactive
skills critical to learning to read and write
onset - rime phonics
body management
9. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.
Diphthongs
discrepant event
Portfolio Assessment
locomotor skills
10. 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.
demonstration
Quadarant d
subtraction strategies
Morphemes
11. 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
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
body management
Bandura - Albert
Quadrant a
12. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
Vygotsky - Lev
NCTM principles
Quadarant c and d
gain print knowledge
13. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling
reactive
language skills are developed
Equilibration
types of number activities from 10-20
14. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity
first and second grade place value
Mnemonic Device
parallel process
estimation instruction
15. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn
ecological theory
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
question
estimation instruction
16. How long can a muscle produce force
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
muscular endurance
Phoneme
Quadarant d
17. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.
fraction instruction
citizenship curriculum
components of decision making
Reading Approach (teaching method)
18. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities
curriculum - based measure
observation
Accretion Learning
second level of physical education
19. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl
Experiential Learning
Formative Evaluation
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
20. Assertive discipline
concepts and skills for social studies
Guided Reading
Canter - Lee
Quadarant d
21. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.
discrepant event
basic concepts in physical education
free discovery method
Bandura - Albert
22. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
print awareness
estimation instruction
Moll - Luis
types of number activities from 10-20
23. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers
Maslow - Abraham
first grade number sense
phonics instruction approach
Montessori - Maria
24. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach
CALLA
third level of physical education
social discipline
citizenship curriculum
25. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events
Phoneme
geography curriculum goals
citizenship activities
Emergence Learning
26. Identify words that don't belong in a set
first level of physical education
phoneme categorization
second grade number sense
Emergence Learning
27. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable
blend
Skinner - B.F.
Quadrant b
cardiovascular efficiency
28. Stages of the ethic of care
analytic phonics
Gilligan - Carol
Whole Language
Idioms
29. 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
body composition
Accretion Learning
comprehension
purpose of physical education
30. Understanding that sounds are related to written words
Mastery Learning
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
phonological awareness
Authentic Assessment
31. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.
Quadarant d
Cooperative Learning
locomotor skills
comprehension skills lead to
32. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process
Echo Reading
unifying processes of science
Input
core beliefs of mathematics education
33. 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
Quadarant d
Quadrant a
geography curriculum goals
Formative Evaluation
34. Discovery learning and constructivism
geography curriculum goals
Bruner - Jerome
orthographic knowledge
phoneme substitution
35. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.
first grade number sense
Quadarant c
Intake
fraction teaching strategies
36. 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
curriculum for reading include
third level of physical education
Experiential Learning
Formative Evaluation
37. '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.
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
analogy - based phonics
overall importance of the arts
Quadarant c
38. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.
Cognitive Coaching
Idioms
skills needed to read
Skinner - B.F.
39. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).
domains of learning
Sight Word
Portfolio Assessment
economics curriculum goals
40. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion
Scaffolding
flexibility
criterion - referenced test
Experiential Learning
41. 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
Affixes
components of decision making
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
second level of physical education
42. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community
locomotor skills
Dewey - John
comprehension strategy
fluency
43. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.
muscular strength
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
poetry instruction helps
phonics instruction
44. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics
economics curriculum goals
Learning Theories
Glasser - William
expository method
45. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies
concepts and skills for social studies
decoding
first and second grade place value
Phoneme
46. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism
fraction teaching strategies
Onomatopoeia
transformation
ten general standard strands
47. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).
Reading Approach (teaching method)
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
Guided Reading
Onomatopoeia
48. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas
Krashen's Natural Approach
Pavlov - Ivan P.
Quadarant a and c
Echo Reading
49. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output
Acquisition
Phonics
instructional approaches for reading
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
50. Three levels of culture
geography curriculum goals
Hidalgo - Nitza
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
overall importance of the arts