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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






2. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






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






4. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






5. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






6. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






7. Drills and exercises






8. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






9. 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






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






11. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






12. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






13. Context reduced






14. Three levels of culture






15. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






16. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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






18. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






19. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






20. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






22. 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.]






23. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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24. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






25. 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






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






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






28. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






30. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






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






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






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






34. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






35. Construct understanding from the words






36. 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






37. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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38. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






39. 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%






40. 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






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






42. Hierarchy of needs






43. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






44. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






45. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






46. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






47. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






48. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






49. 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






50. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.