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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives
proficiency
sociological theory
Kohlberg - Lawrence
fraction teaching strategies
2. 'with - it - ness'
Krashen's Natural Approach
blend
Kounin - Jacob
types of number relationships for 1-10
3. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.
Quadrant b
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
free discovery method
Conventional Spelling
4. 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.
Bandura - Albert
psychology activities
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
5. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control
first grade number sense
onset - rime phonics
comprehension skills lead to
precontrol
6. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context
problem solving teaching strategies
assessment of locomotor skills
three categories of arts standards
parallel process
7. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation
strategies to help map reading
precontrol
Aids for ELL learners
dynamic assessment
8. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
estimation instruction
citizenship activities
subtraction strategies
Functional - notional Approach
9. 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
phonics and spelling
Bandura - Albert
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
10. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass
fraction instruction
assessment of locomotor skills
Kohlberg - Lawrence
body composition
11. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence
Information Processing
free discovery method
precommunicative spelling
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
12. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge
primary components of learning geography
Quadarant d
literature analysis needs
geography areas of knowledge
13. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
CALP
Kohlberg - Lawrence
Skinner - B.F.
14. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information
guided inquiry
Pavlov - Ivan
factors that predict reading achievement
Kohlberg - Lawrence
15. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities
physical and human systems curriculum goals
inquiry
Quadarant d
Access
16. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process
Input
second level of physical education
proactive
economics curriculum goals
17. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
Skinner - B.F.
decoding
Acquisition
observation
18. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of
Cognitive Coaching
inquiry
Constructivism
ten general standard strands
19. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials
Aids for ELL learners
five levels of learning geometry
aptitude test
skills needed to read
20. 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.
Homographs
phonetic
Morphemes
Lau Plan
21. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly
fraction instruction
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
political science curriculum goals
objectives of arts education
22. 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
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Phonics
science - technology - society perspective
Initial Blends
23. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments
curriculum plan for political science
Onomatopoeia
Cooperative Learning
Initial Blends
24. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication
Alphabetic Principle
approach spelling with
intrinsic phonics
Access
25. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.
body management
muscular strength
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
26. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist
blend
key points in study of people
Quadrant a
transmission
27. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping
performance tasks
Pre - writing
sociological theory
locomotor skill progression
28. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.
authentic assessment
Formative Evaluation
Krashen's - The Monitor
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
29. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity
Krashen's Input Hypothesis
comprehension
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
parallel process
30. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
parallel process
curriculum for reading include
approach spelling with
Rime
31. Congitively undemanding
phoneme segmentation
onset - rime phonics
six traits approach
Quadrant a and b
32. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process
laboratory - experimentation
inquiry
COPEC guidelines for physical education
focus of elementary math curriculum
33. 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
environment and society curriculum goals
fifth grade place value
Quadarant b and d
Mastery Learning
34. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.
Cooperative Learning
proactive
Critical Thinking
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
35. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach
question
Gardner - Howard
Strategies for teaching
CALLA
36. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency
parallel process
Krashen's stages of second language acquisition
phonetic
four levels of physical education assessment
37. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency
skills needed to read
Syntactic System
alternative assessment
intrinsic phonics
38. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con
Information Processing
problem solving teaching strategies
linguistic awareness
observation
39. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh
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
Whole Language
constructivism
Scaffolding
40. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o
Phoneme
blend
unifying processes of science
Scaffolding
41. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data
things to include when completing tasks on probability and statistics
addition strategies
Formative Evaluation
Krashen's Input Hypothesis
42. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills
Equilibration
Echo Reading
four aspects of maps
health curriculum
43. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education
story problem steps
economics activities
Phonics
phonics instruction approach
44. Learning through experience
Dewey - John
Constructivism
sociological theory
expository method
45. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group
geography areas of knowledge
Emergent Reader
instructional cycle for science instruction
norm - referenced test
46. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.
Cognitive Coaching
economics curriculum goals
inquiry - based
phoneme segmentation
47. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity
narrative texts include
objectives of arts education
phoneme isolation
fourth level of physical education
48. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
first and second grade place value
Classical Conditioning
comprehension strategy
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
49. Zone of proximal development
analytic phonics
Krashen's Input Hypothesis
Vygotsky - Lev
oral language
50. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.
Initial Blends
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
Emergent Reader
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)