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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Social or observational learning theory






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






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






5. Development of spoken language system






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






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






8. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






9. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






10. Region/area - length - set






11. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






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






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






14. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






15. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






16. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






17. Ability to understand sound structure of language






18. 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






19. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






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






21. Three levels of culture






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






23. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






24. 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.'






25. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






26. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






27. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






28. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






29. Recogize separate sounds in words






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

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






32. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






34. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






35. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






36. 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.






37. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






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






39. Congnitively demanding






40. Zone of proximal development






41. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






44. Connectionism






45. 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.






46. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






47. 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






48. Follow the child






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






50. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.