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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






2. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






3. 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.'






4. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






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






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






7. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






8. Language Acquisition hypothesis






9. Region/area - length - set






10. Multiple intelligences






11. 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






12. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






13. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






14. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






15. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






16. Construct understanding from the words






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






18. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






19. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






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






21. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






22. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






23. Congnitively demanding






24. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






25. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






26. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






27. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






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






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






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






32. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






33. 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%






34. Eight stages of human development






35. Three levels of culture






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






37. Reading






38. Multiplication and beginning division






39. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






40. 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






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






42. Physical education






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






44. Music






45. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






46. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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






48. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






49. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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