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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






2. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






3. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






4. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






5. The history or study of words.






6. How long can a muscle produce force






7. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






8. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






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






10. Counting to 100






11. Connectionism






12. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






13. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






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






16. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






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






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






19. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






20. Assertive discipline






21. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






22. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






23. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






25. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






26. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






27. 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






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






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






30. Hierarchy of needs






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

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32. Need to know o be functionsl






33. 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.]






34. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






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






36. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






37. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






38. Advance organizer






39. Classical conditioning






40. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






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






42. 'with - it - ness'






43. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






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

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






46. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






47. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






48. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






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






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






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