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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






2. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






3. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






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






5. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






6. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






7. Hierarchy of needs






8. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






9. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






10. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






11. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






13. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






14. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






15. Stages of the ethic of care






16. Reading






17. Congnitively demanding






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






19. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






20. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






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






22. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






23. 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%






24. 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






25. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






26. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






27. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






28. Quadrant of comprehensible input






29. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






30. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






31. Learning through experience






32. Language Acquisition hypothesis






33. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






34. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






35. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






36. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






37. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






38. 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






39. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






40. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






41. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






42. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






43. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






44. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






45. Operant conditioning






46. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






47. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






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






49. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






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