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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab
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1. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words
Vygotsky - Lev
approach spelling with
Acculturation Model (Shumann)
Skinner - B.F.
2. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information
key points in study of people
multiplication strategies
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
health curriculum
3. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time
story problem steps
cardiovascular efficiency
Semantics
Constructivism
4. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language
economics activities
Quadarant c and d
inquiry - based
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
5. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor
Semantics
activities to gain language knowledge
alternative assessment
five levels of learning geometry
6. Based on experiences they have and materials presented
instructional approaches for reading
instructional cycle for science instruction
muscular strength
language skills are developed
7. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment
Etymology
narrative texts include
cardiovascular efficiency
inquiry
8. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect
comprehension skills lead to
geography curriculum goals
phonics
poetry instruction helps
9. Face to face conversation
concepts and skills for social studies
precontrol
Quadrant a
Reading Approach (teaching method)
10. The history or study of words.
people - places and regions curriculum goals
Krashen Affective Filter Hypothesis
Kounin - Jacob
Etymology
11. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction
The Audiolingual Method (teaching method)
basic concepts in physical education
Quadrant a
Acquisition
12. 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
diagnostic assessment
Phoneme
Homographs
geography areas of knowledge
13. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns
phoneme addition
Round - robin Reading
focus of elementary math curriculum
orthographic knowledge
14. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments
comprehension strategy
decoding skills
Variable Competence Model (widdowson and ellis)
curriculum plan for political science
15. 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
Deductive Reasoning
first grade number sense
curriculum - based measure
NCTM principles
16. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an
phonics instruction approach
inquiry
Experiential Learning
fraction instruction
17. 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
second grade number sense
Bandura - Albert
Diphthongs
precommunicative spelling
18. Topographical - projective - Euclidian
three stages of map reading
journal writing
Operant Conditioning -
purpose of physical education
19. Social or observational learning theory
Formative Evaluation
Bandura - Albert
proficiency
Authentic Assessment
20. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned
achievement test
transitional
Quadarant a and c
basic concepts in physical education
21. 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%
Choral Reading
Acquisition
fraction teaching strategies
political science curriculum goals
22. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities
enrichment strategies
comprehension
journal writing
first level of physical education
23. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.
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24. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh
key points in study of people
Experiential Learning
The Universal Hypothesis (Chomsky)
Scaffolding
25. 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
number sense
reading instruction should include
Constructivism
Experiential Learning
26. 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
types of number relationships for 1-10
Acquisition
Operant Conditioning -
phonemic awareness fostered with
27. Ability to understand sound structure of language
linguistic awareness
narrative texts include
reading instruction should include
Pre - writing
28. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them
instructional cycle for science instruction
Alphabetic Principle
phoneme segmentation
Behaviorism
29. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words
Affixes
body composition
Idioms
synthetic phonics
30. Physical education
NCTM principles
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
geography areas of knowledge
Quadrant a
31. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words
Montessori - Maria
transitional
morpheme
ecological - based assessment
32. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction
Vygotsky - Lev
diagnostic assessment
inquiry - based
Erikson - Erik
33. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words
Vygotsky - Lev
narrative texts include
embedded phonics
Pavlov - Ivan P.
34. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables
onset and rime
Rogers - Carl
approach spelling with
reasons for use of computers and technology in science
35. 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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36. 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
three types of essential lessons for social studies
skills of proficiency of inquiry method
Quadarant d
Round - robin Reading
37. Context embedded
oral language
linguistic awareness
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model
Quadarant a and c
38. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills
number sense
Learning Theories
semiphonic spelling
health curriculum
39. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.
Sight Word
parallel process
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
Krashen's Natural Approach
40. Connectionism
Input
Thorndike - Edward
discrepant event
Formative Evaluation
41. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence
fourth and fifth grade number sense
semiphonic spelling
Authentic Assessment
Thorndike - Edward
42. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).
reactive
control
Sight Word
Diphthongs
43. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks
three types of essential lessons for social studies
observation
Classical Conditioning
locomotor skill progression
44. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.
assessment of locomotor skills
Mnemonic Device
Quadrant a
fraction teaching strategies
45. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge
sociological theory
Schemata - a data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are three types of schemata's - content - language - and textual. 1.) Content Schemata
literature analysis needs
Phonogram
46. Congnitively demanding
Quadarant c and d
muscular strength
language skills are developed
oral language
47. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping
locomotor skill progression
fraction teaching strategies
Classical Conditioning
addition strategies
48. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information
guided inquiry
discrepant event
The Grammar - translation Approach (teaching method)
first level of physical education
49. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application
standards - based assessment
ten general standard strands
explicit comprehension instructoin
Gilligan - Carol
50. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations
reactive
analogy - based phonics
estimation instruction
Acculturation Model (Shumann)