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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels
focus of physical education
phonics instruction
forecasting
narrative texts include
2. Theory of moral development
The Silent Way (teaching method)
Kohlberg - Lawrence
poetry instruction helps
three categories of arts standards
3. Discovery learning and constructivism
flexibility
third and fourth grade place value
Bruner - Jerome
political science curriculum goals
4. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction
Emergent Reader
phonics instruction approach
Kohlberg - Lawrence
basic concepts in physical education
5. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records
assessments for reading
three categories of arts standards
reading instruction should include
Quadrant a
6. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals
standards - based assessment
semiphonic spelling
Quadrant b
CALLA
7. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery
primary components of learning geography
forecasting
Homographs
Quadrant a
8. Modeling
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
Maslow - Abraham
gain print knowledge
Bandura - Albert
9. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting
process indicators
anthropology activities
purpose of teaching reading
Scaffolding
10. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication
Classical Conditioning
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
sociology activities
muscular endurance
11. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play
utilization
three concepts for physical education curriculum
narrative texts include
sociology activities
12. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.
proficiency
Mastery Learning
health curriculum
parallel process
13. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
language skills are developed
fraction instruction
Quadarant d
14. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned
phoneme isolation
achievement test
Quadrant a
CALLA
15. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid
Etymology
five levels of phonological awareness
Quadrant a
four aspects of maps
16. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information
phoneme substitution
purpose of physical education
whole language approach
key points in study of people
17. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar
process indicators
analogy - based phonics
third grade number sense
people - places and regions curriculum goals
18. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn
ecological theory
Whole Language
Rime
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
19. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me
phonics instruction
inquiry - based
authentic assessment
Idioms
20. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel
Conventional Spelling
Phonics
economics curriculum goals
phonological awareness
21. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
economics skills
observation
question
ecological theory
22. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
reading instruction should include
reading aloud promotes
Phonological Systemis important in both oral and written language. There are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many ways to combine the letters
23. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language
phonemic awareness fostered with
Learning Theories
poetry instruction helps
Hidalgo - Nitza
24. 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
overall importance of the arts
decoding
precommunicative spelling
Cummins
25. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols
orthographic knowledge
Quadarant c
Gardner - Howard
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
26. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines
Canter - Lee
three types of essential lessons for social studies
assessments for reading
Accommmodation Theory (Giles)
27. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.
Reading Approach (teaching method)
purpose of teaching reading
subtraction strategies
unifying processes of science
28. 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.'
Critical Thinking
health curriculum
skills critical to learning to read and write
Rime
29. Advance organizer
transformation
Affixes
Ausubel - David
Krashen
30. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time
geography curriculum goals
inquiry
dynamic assessment
cardiovascular efficiency
31. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition
political science curriculum goals
geography curriculum goals
multiplication strategies
Krashen Affective Filter Hypothesis
32. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen
citizenship curriculum
Homographs
performance tasks
comprehension
33. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
estimation instruction
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
Initial Blends
Information Processing
34. 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
Homographs
Piaget - Jean (1896-1980)
diagnostic assessment
Lau Plan
35. Refined mastery of multiplication and division
Phonics
three categories of arts standards
fourth and fifth grade number sense
citizenship activities
36. Operant conditioning
number sense
Conventional Spelling
Classical Conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
37. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
intrinsic phonics
linguistic awareness
38. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community
locomotor skills
assessment of locomotor skills
expository method
second level of physical education
39. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.
free discovery method
phonemic awareness fostered with
core beliefs of mathematics education
utilization
40. Multiplication and beginning division
Behaviorism
phoneme deletion
third grade number sense
The Silent Way (teaching method)
41. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students
discrepant event
six traits approach
objectives of arts education
embedded phonics
42. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.
Syllabication
Equilibration
morpheme
Choral Reading
43. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction
Quadarant d
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
Kohlberg - Lawrence
proficiency
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
Quadarant c
three categories of arts standards
curriculum for reading include
Deductive Reasoning
45. 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.
Reading Approach (teaching method)
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
Echo Reading
phoneme deletion
46. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.
kindergarten place value
four levels of physical education assessment
Cognitive Coaching
word recognition
47. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation
addition strategies
dynamic assessment
authentic assessment
control
48. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole
types of number relationships for 1-10
phoneme addition
basic concepts in physical education
Conventional Spelling
49. 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
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
Bandura - Albert
Gardner - Howard
Affixes
50. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.
semiphonic spelling
intrinsic phonics
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-