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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






2. Development of spoken language system






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






8. Operant conditioning






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






10. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






11. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






12. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






13. The history or study of words.






14. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






15. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






16. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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17. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






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






19. Multiplication and beginning division






20. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






21. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






22. Physical education






23. Lower level questioning






24. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






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






26. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






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






28. Art






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






33. Recogize separate sounds in words






34. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






35. 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






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. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






41. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






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






43. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






44. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






45. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






46. 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






47. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






48. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






49. Stages of the ethic of care






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