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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Stages of the ethic of care






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






3. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






4. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






5. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






6. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






8. Operant conditioning






9. 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






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






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






12. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






13. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






14. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






15. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






16. Development of spoken language system






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






18. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






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






20. 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






21. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






22. 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.






23. 'with - it - ness'






24. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






25. Connectionism






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






27. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






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






30. Multiple intelligences






31. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






32. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






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






34. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






35. 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






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






37. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






38. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






39. Congitively undemanding






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






41. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






47. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






48. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






49. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






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