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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






2. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






7. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






8. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






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






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






11. Assertive discipline






12. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






13. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






14. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






15. Modeling






16. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






17. Hierarchy of needs






18. Choice/control theory






19. 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.






20. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






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






22. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






23. Three levels of culture






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






25. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






26. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






27. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






28. Congitively undemanding






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






30. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






32. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






33. How long can a muscle produce force






34. Theory of moral development






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

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36. Drills and exercises






37. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






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






39. Context embedded






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






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






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






43. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






44. Need to know o be functionsl






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






46. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






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






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






49. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






50. 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