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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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.






2. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






3. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






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






5. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






6. Role playing






7. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






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






9. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






10. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






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






12. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






13. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






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






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






16. Experiential Learning






17. How long can a muscle produce force






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






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






20. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






21. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






22. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






23. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






24. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






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






26. Stages of cognitive development






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






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






29. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






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






31. Operant conditioning






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






33. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






34. Context embedded






35. Choice/control theory






36. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






38. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






39. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






40. Face to face conversation






41. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






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






43. Language Acquisition hypothesis






44. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






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






46. Quadrant of comprehensible input






47. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






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






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






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