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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






2. 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).






3. 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






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






5. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






6. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






7. Direct instruction






8. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






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






10. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






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






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






14. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






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






16. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






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

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18. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






19. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. Quadrant of comprehensible input






26. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






27. Lower level questioning






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






29. Mapping






30. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






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






32. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






34. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






35. 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.






36. Recogize separate sounds in words






37. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






38. Role playing






39. 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






40. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






41. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






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






43. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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44. Language Acquisition hypothesis






45. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






46. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






47. Context reduced






48. Learning through experience






49. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






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