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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






2. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






3. Counting to 100






4. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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






6. 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






7. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






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






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






10. Recogize separate sounds in words






11. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






12. 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.'






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






14. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






15. Art






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






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






18. 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






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






20. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






21. Funds of knowledge






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






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






24. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






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






26. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






27. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






28. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






29. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






30. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






31. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






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






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






34. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






35. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






36. 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.






37. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






38. 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






39. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






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






41. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






42. Operant Conditioning






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






44. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






45. Congnitively demanding






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






47. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






48. Assertive discipline






49. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






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