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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Amount of force a muscle can produce
question
overall importance of the arts
muscular strength
CALLA
2. Identify words that don't belong in a set
reading instruction should include
phoneme categorization
Syntactic System
Gardner - Howard
3. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con
phoneme categorization
Mastery Learning
core beliefs of mathematics education
Information Processing
4. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games
phoneme deletion
gain print knowledge
Skinner - B.F.
Emergence Learning
5. Connectionism
environment and society curriculum goals
control
Thorndike - Edward
instructional cycle for science instruction
6. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons
enrichment strategies
CALLA
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
Guided Reading
7. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.
Portfolio Assessment
Cummins
Cognitive Coaching
environment and society curriculum goals
8. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.
Alphabetic Principle
Phonogram
purpose of teaching reading
assessment of locomotor skills
9. 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
instructional cycle for science instruction
overall importance of the arts
comprehension
alternative assessment
10. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%
literature analysis needs
Acquisition
political science curriculum goals
Quadarant d
11. Zone of proximal development
physical fitness
Vygotsky - Lev
Morphemes
Direct Approach (teaching method)
12. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
assessment of locomotor skills
diagnostic assessment
approach spelling with
decoding skills
13. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively
people - places and regions curriculum goals
free discovery method
Skinner - B.F.
physical fitness
14. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge
CALLA
Round - robin Reading
skills needed to decode
Pre - writing
15. 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
Functional - notional Approach
focus of elementary math curriculum
Initial Blends
Gilligan - Carol
16. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines
three types of essential lessons for social studies
types of number relationships for 1-10
analytic phonics
Accretion Learning
17. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction
basic concepts in physical education
portfolios
Quadarant c
Montessori - Maria
18. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
estimation instruction
phoneme segmentation
NCTM principles
Learning Theories
19. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria
curriculum for reading include
free discovery method
six traits approach
authentic assessment
20. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials
Quadarant d
Phonogram
Krashen's Input Hypothesis
Aids for ELL learners
21. Experiential Learning
Rogers - Carl
phoneme segmentation
curriculum for reading include
ecological theory
22. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl
Total Physical Response (teaching method)
first and second grade place value
Rime
CALP
23. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity
fourth level of physical education
aptitude test
comprehension skills lead to
analytic phonics
24. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.
Reading Approach (teaching method)
Mastery Learning
Etymology
phonics instruction approach
25. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.
Behaviorism
focus of physical education
decoding
Echo Reading
26. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books
story problem steps
curriculum - based measure
activities to gain language knowledge
anthropology activities
27. Learning through experience
Dewey - John
ten general standard strands
Lau Plan
six traits approach
28. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities
phonics instruction approach
three categories of arts standards
physical fitness
Constructivism
29. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge
muscular strength
purpose of physical education
ways to encourage citizenship
three stages of map reading
30. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante
decoding skills
third level of physical education
Alphabetic Principle
Lau vs. Nichols
31. Discrepant event - question - inquiry
instructional cycle for science instruction
phonics and spelling
skills critical to learning to read and write
standards - based assessment
32. Writing
Digraphs
Quadarant d
unifying processes of science
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
33. Operant Conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
Quadarant c and d
Pavlov - Ivan P.
first grade number sense
34. Congnitively demanding
Quadarant c and d
Maslow - Abraham
Dewey - John (1859-1952)-
physical and human systems curriculum goals
35. Art
Quadrant a
body management
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
Pavlov - Ivan P.
36. Eight stages of human development
direct daily measurement
Sight Word
first level of physical education
Erikson - Erik
37. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment
health curriculum
ten general standard strands
ecological - based assessment
Strategies for teaching
38. Based on experiences they have and materials presented
Piaget - Jean (1896-1980)
political science curriculum goals
language skills are developed
alphabetic principle
39. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping
Hidalgo - Nitza
Summative evaluation
citizenship curriculum
locomotor skill progression
40. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language
kindergarten place value
semiphonic spelling
poetry instruction helps
COPEC guidelines for physical education
41. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations
Lau Plan
Input
ten general standard strands
Syllabication
42. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback
Strategies for teaching
multiplication strategies
three stages of map reading
Glasser - William
43. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application
Neurolinguistics Theory (Lamendella)
Krashen's Acquisition vs. Learning
explicit comprehension instructoin
Reading Approach (teaching method)
44. Assertive discipline
Phoneme
locomotor skills
Bruner - Jerome
Canter - Lee
45. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading
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
literature based reading approach
Discourse Theory (Hatch)
Acquisition
46. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills
dynamic assessment
reading aloud promotes
core beliefs of mathematics education
Quadrant a
47. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life
phoneme segmentation
Rogers - Carl
political science curriculum goals
Critical Thinking
48. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable
problem solving teaching strategies
blend
comprehension skills lead to
Gilligan - Carol
49. Music
Quadrant a
Mnemonic Device
Acquisition
skills critical to learning to read and write
50. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid
whole language approach
Diphthongs
four aspects of maps
precommunicative spelling