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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






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






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






4. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






5. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






6. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






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






8. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






9. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






10. Learning through experience






11. Counting to 100






12. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






13. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






14. 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






15. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






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






17. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






18. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






19. Drills and exercises






20. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






21. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






22. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






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






25. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






26. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






27. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






28. 'with - it - ness'






29. Writing






30. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






31. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






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






33. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






34. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






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






36. 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.






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






38. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






39. 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






40. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






41. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






42. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






43. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






44. Models or visual examples of the information






45. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






46. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






48. Congitively undemanding






49. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






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







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