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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






2. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






3. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






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






5. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






6. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






7. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






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






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






10. 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.






11. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






12. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






14. Assertive discipline






15. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






16. 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






17. Begin working with decimals






18. 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






19. 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






20. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






21. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






22. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






23. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






24. Operant conditioning






25. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






26. Determines student's ability to learn in a certain situation






27. 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.






28. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






30. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






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






32. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






33. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






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

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35. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






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






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

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






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






40. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






41. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






42. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






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






44. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






45. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






46. 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






47. Modeling






48. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






49. An attachment to the end or beginningof base or root words. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes word parts 'fixed to' either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the ending of words (suffixes). For example - the word disrespectfulhas






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