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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Writing






2. Congitively undemanding






3. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






4. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






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






6. 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.






7. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






8. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






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






10. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






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






12. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






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






14. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






15. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






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






17. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






18. 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






19. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






20. Drills and exercises






21. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






22. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






23. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






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






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






26. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






28. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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






30. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






31. 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.






32. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






33. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






34. Begin working with decimals






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






36. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






37. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






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






40. Experiential Learning






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






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






43. 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






44. Counting to 100






45. Construct understanding from the words






46. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






47. Choice/control theory






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






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






50. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance







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