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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Operant Conditioning






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






3. 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).






4. 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






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






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






7. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






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






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






11. How long can a muscle produce force






12. 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






13. Music






14. Modeling






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






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






17. 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






18. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






19. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






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






21. Based on experiences they have and materials presented






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






23. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






24. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






25. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






26. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






27. Eight stages of human development






28. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






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






30. Hierarchy of needs






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






32. 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






33. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






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






35. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






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






37. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






38. 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.






39. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






40. Construct understanding from the words






41. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






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






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






45. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






46. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






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






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

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49. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






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