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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






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






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






5. Congitively undemanding






6. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






7. Recogize separate sounds in words






8. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






9. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






10. Assertive discipline






11. Reading






12. Modeling






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






14. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






15. Choice/control theory






16. 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






17. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






18. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






20. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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21. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






23. Operant Conditioning






24. 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






25. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






26. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






27. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






28. Zone of proximal development






29. 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






30. 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






31. Children learn through their observations of others






32. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






33. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






34. Social or observational learning theory






35. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






36. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






37. 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






38. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






39. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






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






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






42. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






43. Physical education






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






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






46. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






47. Writing






48. Region/area - length - set






49. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






50. Knowing the basic concepts about written words