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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






6. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






7. Subtraction as think - addition - subtraction facts with sums to 10 - sums greater than 10






8. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






9. Stages of cognitive development






10. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






12. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






13. Reading






14. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






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






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






21. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






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

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






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

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






26. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






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






28. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






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






31. 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






32. 'with - it - ness'






33. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






34. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






35. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






37. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






38. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






39. Funds of knowledge






40. 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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41. 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.'






42. Counting to 100






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






44. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






45. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






46. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






47. Context reduced






48. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






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






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