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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Operant Conditioning






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






3. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






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






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






6. Advance organizer






7. Construct understanding from the words






8. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






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






11. Congnitively demanding






12. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






13. Operant conditioning






14. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






15. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






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






17. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






18. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






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. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






21. Writing






22. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






23. Funds of knowledge






24. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






25. The history or study of words.






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






27. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






28. Stages of the ethic of care






29. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






31. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






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






33. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






34. 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






35. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






36. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






37. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






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






39. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






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






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






42. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






43. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






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






45. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






46. 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.






47. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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






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






50. Role playing