Middle Grades 4-8 Praxis Study Blogs

Some important Terminologies that are related to the different Learning Theories: Assimilation: (Piaget) incorporation of incoming information; the process of a student taking some experience or piece of information and finding a home for it in the student's existing knowledge structure Accommodation: (Piaget) changing existing existing mental mental structures and concepts to incorporate incoming information experience; students reconstructing information knowledge so that it can be assimilated Students seek mental stability-"equilibrium"  A balance between assimilation and accommodation that will eventually help student move onto higher level thinking and further analysis  Adaptation: (Sternberg) Students practicing effective behaviors within a particular social system Sternberg mentions adaptation when he talks about his Theory of Successful Intelligence Highlights the importance of the correlation between individuals and their environment Students

One of my wonderful classmates shared with me some helpful links that provide detailed information about the  Praxis Core Exam & Important Certification Requirements !  PDE's certification requirements are spelled out pretty clearly here: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/ portal/server.pt/community/pa_ certification/8635/ certification_requirements/ 506743 More specifically, here are the actual TESTS that are required. Scroll to the bottom and click on the first PDF download under the  Contents  heading titled "Testing Requirements by Certificate Type" http://www.portal.state.pa.us/ portal/server.pt/community/ testing_requirements/8638 These requirements are also spelled out on the Praxis site, which also tells you the test codes for the Core and Concentration tests. (Click on Middle Level, 4-8) http://www.ets.org/praxis/pa/ requirements