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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Children learn through their observations of others






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






3. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






4. Stages of the ethic of care






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






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






7. Follow the child






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






9. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






10. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






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






12. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






13. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






14. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






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






16. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






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






18. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






19. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






20. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






21. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






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






23. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






24. 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.






25. 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






26. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






27. 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.






28. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






29. 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






30. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






32. Counting to 100






33. 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






34. Operant conditioning






35. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






36. Begin working with decimals






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






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






39. 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






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

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41. Construct understanding from the words






42. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






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






44. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






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






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






47. 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%






48. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






49. Multiplication and beginning division






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