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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






2. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






3. 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






4. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






5. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






6. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






7. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






8. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






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






10. How long can a muscle produce force






11. Discovery learning and constructivism






12. 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.






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






14. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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15. 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.






16. Counting to 100






17. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






18. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






19. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






20. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






21. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






22. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






23. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






24. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






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






26. Drills and exercises






27. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






28. 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






29. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






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






32. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






33. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






34. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






35. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






37. Role playing






38. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






39. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






40. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






41. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






42. 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






43. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






44. 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






45. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






46. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






48. Choice/control theory






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






50. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading