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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






2. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






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






4. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






5. 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.






6. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






7. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






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. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






10. 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






11. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






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






13. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






14. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.


15. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






16. Connectionism






17. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






18. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






20. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






21. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






22. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






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






24. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






25. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






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






27. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






28. Advance organizer






29. Models or visual examples of the information






30. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






31. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






32. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






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






34. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






35. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






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






37. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






38. 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






39. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






40. Eight stages of human development






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






42. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






43. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






44. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






45. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






46. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






47. Role playing






48. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






49. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






50. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes