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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






2. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






3. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






4. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






5. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






6. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






8. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






9. Multiplication and beginning division






10. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






11. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






12. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






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






14. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






15. Need to know o be functionsl






16. Stages of cognitive development






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






18. 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.'






19. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






20. 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.






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






22. Music






23. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






24. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






25. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






26. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






27. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






28. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






29. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






30. 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






31. Direct instruction






32. Congitively undemanding






33. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






34. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






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






36. Three levels of culture






37. Operant Conditioning






38. Assertive discipline






39. Choice/control theory






40. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






41. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






42. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






44. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






45. 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






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






47. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






48. Face to face conversation






49. Writing






50. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph







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