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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






3. Lower level questioning






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






5. Face to face conversation






6. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






7. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






8. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






9. Reading






10. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






11. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






12. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






13. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






14. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






15. 'with - it - ness'






16. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






17. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






18. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






19. Discovery learning and constructivism






20. Direct instruction






21. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






22. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






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






24. Drills and exercises






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






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






27. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






28. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






30. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






31. 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.






32. Writing






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






34. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






35. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






36. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






37. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






38. Stages of the ethic of care






39. Three levels of culture






40. 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






41. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






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






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

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44. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






45. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






46. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






47. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






48. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






49. 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






50. 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







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