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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Children learn through their observations of others






2. 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






3. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






4. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






5. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






6. Three levels of culture






7. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






9. 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.






10. Region/area - length - set






11. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






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






13. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






14. Lower level questioning






15. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






16. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






17. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






23. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






24. 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).






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






26. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






27. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






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






29. Connectionism






30. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






31. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






32. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






33. 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.






34. 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%






35. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






36. 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






37. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






38. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






39. Role playing






40. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






41. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






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






43. 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.






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






45. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






46. Modeling






47. Ability to understand sound structure of language






48. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






49. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






50. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.