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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






2. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






3. The history or study of words.






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






10. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






11. 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.






12. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






13. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






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






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






16. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






17. 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.






18. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






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






20. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






21. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






23. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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24. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






25. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






26. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






27. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






28. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






29. 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.






30. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






31. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






32. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






33. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






34. Music






35. Zone of proximal development






36. 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






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






38. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






39. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






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






42. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






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






44. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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






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






47. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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






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






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