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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






2. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






3. Counting to 100






4. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






5. Social or observational learning theory






6. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






7. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






8. Construct understanding from the words






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






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






11. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






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






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

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14. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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15. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






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






17. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






18. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






19. 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.






20. Assertive discipline






21. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






22. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






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






24. 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






25. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






26. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






27. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






28. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






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






31. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






32. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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

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






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






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






37. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






38. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






39. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






40. 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






41. Face to face conversation






42. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






43. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






44. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






46. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






47. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






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






49. Eight stages of human development






50. 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