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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Assertive discipline






2. Children learn through their observations of others






3. Drills and exercises






4. Identify words that don't belong in a set






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






6. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






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






8. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






9. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






10. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






11. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






12. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






13. Music






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






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






16. 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






17. Multiple intelligences






18. Need to know o be functionsl






19. 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.]






20. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






25. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






26. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






27. Region/area - length - set






28. Stages of the ethic of care






29. Development of spoken language system






30. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






31. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






32. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






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






34. Zone of proximal development






35. Amount of force a muscle can produce






36. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






37. 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






38. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






39. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






40. 'with - it - ness'






41. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






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

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43. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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






45. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






46. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






47. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






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






49. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






50. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence