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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






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






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






4. Follow the child






5. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






6. Advance organizer






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






8. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






9. 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






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






11. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






21. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






22. 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






23. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






24. Language Acquisition hypothesis






25. Funds of knowledge






26. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.






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






28. Art






29. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






30. How long can a muscle produce force






31. 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.]






32. Context reduced






33. Children learn through their observations of others






34. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






38. 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






39. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






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






41. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






42. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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43. Context embedded






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






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






46. 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






47. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






48. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






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






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