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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






2. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






3. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






4. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






5. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






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






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. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






9. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






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






11. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






12. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






13. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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






15. 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.






16. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






17. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






18. 'with - it - ness'






19. 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






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






21. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






22. Stages of cognitive development






23. Choice/control theory






24. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






25. Direct instruction






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






27. Congnitively demanding






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






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






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






31. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. How long can a muscle produce force






38. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






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






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






41. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






42. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






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






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






45. Congitively undemanding






46. Children learn through their observations of others






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






48. 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






49. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






50. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them