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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






2. Role playing






3. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






4. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






5. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






6. Stages of the ethic of care






7. Context embedded






8. 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






9. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






10. 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.]






11. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






12. Context reduced






13. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






14. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






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






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






18. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






19. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






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






21. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






22. 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.






23. Identify words that don't belong in a set






24. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






25. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






26. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






27. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






28. Multiple intelligences






29. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






31. '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.






32. Language Acquisition hypothesis






33. 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






34. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






35. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






36. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






37. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






38. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






39. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






40. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






41. Hierarchy of needs






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






43. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






45. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






46. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






47. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






48. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






49. Counting to 100






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







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