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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






2. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






3. 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






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






5. 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.






6. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






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






8. 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






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






10. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






11. Mapping






12. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






13. 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






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






15. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






16. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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






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






19. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






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






21. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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22. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






23. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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






25. Begin working with decimals






26. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






27. 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






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






29. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






30. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






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

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32. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






33. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






34. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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






36. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






37. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






38. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






39. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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






41. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






43. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






44. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






45. Multiple intelligences






46. 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.






47. 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






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

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49. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






50. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles