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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. How long can a muscle produce force






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






3. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






4. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






5. Connectionism






6. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






7. Recogize separate sounds in words






8. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






9. 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






10. 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






11. Identify words that don't belong in a set






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






13. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






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






15. Mapping






16. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






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






18. 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






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






20. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






21. 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






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






23. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






24. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






25. Funds of knowledge






26. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






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






28. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






29. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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






31. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






32. 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






33. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






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






35. Music






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






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






38. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






39. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






40. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






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






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






43. Reading






44. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






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






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






47. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






48. 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






49. Children learn through their observations of others






50. Learning through experience