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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






2. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






3. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






4. 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






5. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






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






7. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






8. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






9. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






10. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






11. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






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






14. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






15. Operant conditioning






16. Region/area - length - set






17. Art






18. Amount of force a muscle can produce






19. 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






20. Zone of proximal development






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






22. 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






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






24. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






25. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






26. 'with - it - ness'






27. 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.






28. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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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32. Multiplication and beginning division






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






34. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






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






36. 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






37. Multiple intelligences






38. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






39. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






40. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






42. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






43. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






44. The history or study of words.






45. 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.






46. Recogize separate sounds in words






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






48. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






49. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






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