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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






2. 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.






3. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






4. Recogize separate sounds in words






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






6. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






7. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






8. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






9. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






10. 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






11. Region/area - length - set






12. Connectionism






13. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






14. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






15. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






16. Hierarchy of needs






17. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






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






19. Writing






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






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






22. 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






23. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






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






26. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






27. Begin working with decimals






28. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






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

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30. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






31. 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






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






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






34. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






35. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






36. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






37. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






38. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






40. 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.






41. Reading






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






43. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






44. Drills and exercises






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






46. 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






47. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






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






49. 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






50. Music







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