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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Congitively undemanding






2. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






3. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






4. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






5. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






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






7. Lower level questioning






8. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






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






10. Mapping






11. Counting to 100






12. 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






13. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






14. Follow the child






15. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






16. Reading






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






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






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






20. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






21. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






22. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






23. Operant Conditioning






24. 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






25. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






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






27. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






28. 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






29. 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






30. Three levels of culture






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. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






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






34. Need to know o be functionsl






35. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






36. Assertive discipline






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






38. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






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






40. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






41. Zone of proximal development






42. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






43. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






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






45. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






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






47. Eight stages of human development






48. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






50. Region/area - length - set







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