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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels
three stages of map reading
Quadrant a
Direct Approach (teaching method)
phonics instruction
2. Discrepant event - question - inquiry
subtraction strategies
instructional cycle for science instruction
Phonogram
three concepts for physical education curriculum
3. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency
4. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education
Echo Reading
linguistic awareness
economics activities
Pre - writing
5. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment
ecological - based assessment
how to develop number sense
Syllabication
narrative texts include
6. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
observation
Krashen Affective Filter Hypothesis
purpose of teaching reading
7. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.
linguistic awareness
Semantics
blend
Learning Theories
8. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity
Behaviorism
parallel process
Montessori - Maria
Initial Blends
9. Direct instruction
environment and society curriculum goals
Input
Hunter - Madeline
assessments for reading
10. 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
Strategies for teaching
Initial Blends
Etymology
Ausubel - David
11. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.
Authentic Assessment
morpheme
Mnemonic Device
domains of learning
12. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within
Cummins
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
Kohlberg - Lawrence
Canter - Lee
13. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher
Pieget - Jean
literature based reading approach
muscular strength
portfolios
14. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem
journal writing
proactive
economics curriculum goals
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
15. Based on experiences they have and materials presented
language skills are developed
Operant Conditioning -
standards - based assessment
five spelling stages
16. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.
enrichment strategies
phoneme deletion
Direct Approach (teaching method)
Pre - writing
17. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.
Learning Theories
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
focus of elementary math curriculum
Summative evaluation
18. 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.
achievement test
sociology activities
approach spelling with
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
19. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships
Operant Conditioning -
body management
ten general standard strands
gain print knowledge
20. Reading
Rime
five levels of phonological awareness
Quadarant d
primary components of learning geography
21. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes
phonics
authentic assessment
Accretion Learning
literature analysis needs
22. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma
environment and society curriculum goals
Quadarant c
how to develop number sense
Kohlberg - Lawrence
23. 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
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
two primary reasons for standards in the arts
phonics
Erikson - Erik
24. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of
Bandura - Albert
forecasting
proactive
multiplication strategies
25. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor
Kohlberg - Lawrence
unifying processes of science
five levels of learning geometry
Mastery Learning
26. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events
Canter - Lee
citizenship activities
phoneme substitution
laboratory - experimentation
27. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge
four aspects of maps
literature analysis needs
decoding
Pavlov - Ivan P.
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
Operant Conditioning -
Intake
five spelling stages
inquiry - based
29. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests
second grade number sense
Quadarant c
Semantics
Skinner - B.F.
30. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills
unifying processes of science
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
aptitude test
embedded phonics
31. Zone of proximal development
Vygotsky - Lev
Maslow - Abraham
comprehension skills lead to
Etymology
32. 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
Semantics
four aspects of maps
Krashen
overall importance of the arts
33. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence
Intake
Quadrant a
Information Processing
decoding
34. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.
five levels of learning geometry
Conventional Spelling
CALLA
language skills are developed
35. 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
Ausubel - David
multiplication strategies
discrepant event
Constructivism
36. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard
Bandura - Albert
Quadrant a
phonetic
fifth grade place value
37. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .
transformation
decoding skills
Homographs
aptitude test
38. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).
Metacognition involves several important elements including - designing - monitoring - and assessing a specific plan of action. Steps students should take to enhance metacognition: (1) identify how much they know about a specific topic to consider fo
Maslow - Abraham
Onomatopoeia
Gardner - Howard
39. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol
semiphonic spelling
how to develop number sense
Lau Plan
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
40. Social or observational learning theory
criterion - referenced test
Emergence Learning
Canter - Lee
Bandura - Albert
41. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.
strategies to help map reading
NCTM principles
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
forecasting
42. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback
morpheme
literature based reading approach
criterion - referenced test
Strategies for teaching
43. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively
free discovery method
strategies to help map reading
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
physical fitness
44. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole
phoneme isolation
phoneme blending
CALP
science - technology - society perspective
45. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin
phonics and spelling
phonemic awareness
Round - robin Reading
proficiency
46. 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
COPEC guidelines for physical education
poetry instruction helps
Choral Reading
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
47. Ability to understand sound structure of language
proactive
concepts and skills for social studies
linguistic awareness
Model of Second Language Learning and Use
48. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines
analogy - based phonics
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
multiplication strategies
observation
49. 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
50. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion
Accretion Learning
flexibility
body composition
Constructivism