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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






2. Lower level questioning






3. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






4. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






5. 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.






6. Recogize separate sounds in words






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






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






9. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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10. Three levels of culture






11. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






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






13. Operant conditioning






14. Construct understanding from the words






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






19. Physical education






20. Multiple intelligences






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






22. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






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






24. Math word problems






25. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






26. Models or visual examples of the information






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






28. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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






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






31. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






32. 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%






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






43. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






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






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






47. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






48. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






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






50. 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