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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The history or study of words.






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






3. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Assertive discipline






9. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






12. 'with - it - ness'






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






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






15. Three levels of culture






16. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






18. '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.






19. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






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






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






22. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






23. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






24. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






25. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Stages of cognitive development






31. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






32. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






33. Math word problems






34. Eight stages of human development






35. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






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

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37. Music






38. Physical education






39. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






40. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






41. Learning through experience






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






43. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






44. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






45. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






46. 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






47. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






48. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






49. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






50. Role playing