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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Multiple intelligences






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. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






4. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






5. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






6. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






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






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






10. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






11. How long can a muscle produce force






12. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






13. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






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






15. Role playing






16. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






17. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






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






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






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






21. Multiplication and beginning division






22. Counting to 100






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






24. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






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






27. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






28. Hierarchy of needs






29. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






30. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






31. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






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






33. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






34. Need to know o be functionsl






35. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






36. '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.






37. Eight stages of human development






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






39. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






40. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






41. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






42. Development of spoken language system






43. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






44. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






45. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






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






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






48. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






50. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.