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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






2. 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.






3. Follow the child






4. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






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






8. Direct instruction






9. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






10. Physical education






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






12. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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






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






15. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






16. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






17. How long can a muscle produce force






18. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






19. 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






20. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






21. 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.






22. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






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






24. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






25. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






26. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






27. Construct understanding from the words






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






29. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






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






31. 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






32. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






33. Learning through experience






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






35. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






36. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






38. 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






39. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






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






41. Begin working with decimals






42. Multiplication and beginning division






43. Drills and exercises






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






45. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






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






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






48. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






49. Assertive discipline






50. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them