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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






2. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






3. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






5. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






6. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






7. Context reduced






8. 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






9. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






10. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






11. 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






12. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






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






15. 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






16. Amount of force a muscle can produce






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






18. Context embedded






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

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20. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






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






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






23. 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






24. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






25. Face to face conversation






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






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






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






29. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






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






31. 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.






32. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






33. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






34. Region/area - length - set






35. 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.]






36. Social or observational learning theory






37. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






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






39. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






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






41. 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






42. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






43. 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






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






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






46. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






47. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






48. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






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






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