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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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






2. Music






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






4. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






5. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






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






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






8. Drills and exercises






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






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






11. 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).






12. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






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






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






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






16. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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






18. 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






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






20. Classical conditioning






21. Choice/control theory






22. 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.






23. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






25. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






26. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






27. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






29. 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






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






31. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






32. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






33. 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






34. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






35. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






41. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






42. 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






43. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






44. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






45. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






46. Operant conditioning






47. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






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






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






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







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