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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






2. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






3. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






4. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






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






6. Multiple intelligences






7. (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






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






9. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






10. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






11. Direct instruction






12. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






13. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






15. Mapping






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






17. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






18. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






19. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






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






21. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






22. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






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






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






25. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






26. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






27. 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






28. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






29. Counting to 100






30. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






31. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






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






33. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






34. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






35. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






36. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






37. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






38. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






39. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






40. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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41. 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






42. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






43. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






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






45. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






47. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






48. Zone of proximal development






49. Social or observational learning theory






50. Face to face conversation







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