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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Models or visual examples of the information






2. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






3. Theory of moral development






4. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher.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






5. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






6. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






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






8. 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






9. Ability to understand sound structure of language






10. Three levels of culture






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






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






13. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






14. Role playing






15. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






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






25. 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






26. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






32. 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.]






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






34. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






35. Physical and human characteristics of certain places and regions - human relationships that exist and hwo they function in places and regions - similarities and differences of diverse places and regions






36. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






37. 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






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






39. Hierarchy of needs






40. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






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






42. Multiple intelligences






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






44. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






45. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






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






47. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






48. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






49. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






50. 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







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