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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Funds of knowledge






2. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






3. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






4. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






5. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






6. Face to face conversation






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






8. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






10. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






11. Music






12. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






13. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






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






16. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






17. Multiple intelligences






18. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






19. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






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. 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. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






23. 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






24. Connectionism






25. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






26. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






27. 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.






28. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






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






30. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






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






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






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






34. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






35. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






36. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






37. Learning through experience






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






39. 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






40. Congnitively demanding






41. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






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






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






44. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






45. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






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






47. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






48. Writing






49. Stages of cognitive development






50. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence