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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






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






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






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






5. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






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






7. 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






8. Lower level questioning






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






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






11. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






12. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






13. 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






14. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






15. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






16. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






17. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






18. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






19. Operant Conditioning






20. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






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






22. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






23. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






24. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






25. Choice/control theory






26. Learning through experience






27. 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






28. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






29. 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.






30. 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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31. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






32. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






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






34. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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35. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






36. Direct instruction






37. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






38. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






39. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






40. Multiple intelligences






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






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






43. 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






44. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






45. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






46. Face to face conversation






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






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






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






50. 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.