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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






2. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






3. 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






4. Development of spoken language system






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






6. 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






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






8. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






9. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






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






11. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






13. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






14. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






15. Stages of cognitive development






16. Drills and exercises






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






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






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






20. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






21. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






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






23. 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






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






25. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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26. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






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






28. 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.






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






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






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. Music






33. Region/area - length - set






34. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






35. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






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






37. 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






38. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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39. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






40. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






41. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






42. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






43. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






44. Operant Conditioning






45. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






46. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






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






49. Counting to 100






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







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