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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






2. 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.






3. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






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






5. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






6. Choice/control theory






7. 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






8. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






9. 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






10. Context embedded






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






12. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






13. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






14. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






15. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






16. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






17. Physical education






18. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






19. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






20. Drills and exercises






21. The history or study of words.






22. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






23. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






24. Eight stages of human development






25. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






26. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






27. Reading






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






29. Direct instruction






30. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






31. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






32. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






33. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






34. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






35. Lower level questioning






36. Funds of knowledge






37. Writing






38. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).


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






40. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






41. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






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


43. 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






44. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






45. Mapping






46. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






47. Advance organizer






48. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






49. 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






50. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word