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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






2. Models or visual examples of the information






3. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






4. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






5. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






6. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






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






8. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






10. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






11. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






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






13. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






14. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






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






16. How long can a muscle produce force






17. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






18. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






19. 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






20. Assertive discipline






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






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






23. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






24. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






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






27. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






28. Stages of the ethic of care






29. 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






30. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






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






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






33. 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






34. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






36. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






37. '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.






38. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






39. 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).






40. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






41. 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






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






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






44. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






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






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






47. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






48. (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






49. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






50. Three levels of culture