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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Zone of proximal development






2. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






3. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






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






5. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






6. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






7. Direct instruction






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






9. 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






10. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






11. Art






12. Quadrant of comprehensible input






13. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






15. 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






16. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






17. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






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






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






20. Language Acquisition hypothesis






21. Models or visual examples of the information






22. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






23. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






24. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






25. 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.






26. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






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






28. Congnitively demanding






29. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






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






36. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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

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38. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






39. Operant conditioning






40. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






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

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

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






44. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






45. Modeling






46. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






47. Physical education






48. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






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






50. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts