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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






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






3. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






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






6. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






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






8. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






9. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






10. 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






11. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






12. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






13. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






14. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






15. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






16. Discovery learning and constructivism






17. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






18. Counting to 100






19. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






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






21. Experiential Learning






22. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






23. Operant Conditioning






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






25. 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






26. 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%






27. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






28. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






29. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






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






36. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






37. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






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






39. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






40. Stages of cognitive development






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






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






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






44. 'with - it - ness'






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






46. 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).






47. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






48. 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






49. The history or study of words.






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