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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Advance organizer






2. 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






3. 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






4. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






5. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






6. Funds of knowledge






7. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






9. 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.]






10. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






11. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






12. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






13. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






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

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15. 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.'






16. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






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






18. Follow the child






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






20. Reading






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






22. 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






23. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






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






25. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






26. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






27. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






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






29. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






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






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






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






34. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






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






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






37. 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






38. Construct understanding from the words






39. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






40. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






41. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






42. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






43. 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






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






45. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






46. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






47. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






48. 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.






49. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






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