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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Theory of moral development






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






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






11. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






13. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






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






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






16. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






17. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






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






19. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






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






21. Lower level questioning






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






23. Context reduced






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

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25. Ability to understand sound structure of language






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






27. Physical education






28. Social or observational learning theory






29. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






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






31. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






32. Modeling






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






34. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






35. 'with - it - ness'






36. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






37. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






38. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






39. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






40. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






41. Advance organizer






42. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






43. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






44. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






45. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






46. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






47. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






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






49. Assertive discipline






50. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context