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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






2. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






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






4. Advance organizer






5. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






6. Modeling






7. Funds of knowledge






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






9. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






10. Three levels of culture






11. 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.'






12. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






13. Proficiency of the academic Language






14. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






15. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






16. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






17. Assertive discipline






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






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






20. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






22. Children learn through their observations of others






23. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






24. 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






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






26. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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27. 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






28. Mapping






29. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






30. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






31. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






32. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






33. Hierarchy of needs






34. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






36. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






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






38. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






39. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






40. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






41. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






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






43. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






44. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






46. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






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






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






49. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






50. Lower level questioning