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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Funds of knowledge






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






3. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






4. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






5. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






6. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






7. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






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






9. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






11. Art






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






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






14. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






16. Context reduced






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






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






19. Begin working with decimals






20. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






21. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






22. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






23. 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






24. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






25. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






26. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






27. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






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






29. Multiple intelligences






30. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






31. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






32. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






33. 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%






34. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






35. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






37. 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






38. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






39. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






40. 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.






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






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






43. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






44. 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






45. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






46. 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.






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






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






49. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






50. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn