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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






3. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






4. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






5. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






6. Social or observational learning theory






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






8. Learning through experience






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






10. '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.






11. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






12. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






13. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






16. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






17. 'with - it - ness'






18. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






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






20. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






21. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






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






23. 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.






24. Modeling






25. Art






26. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






27. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






28. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






29. 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






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






31. Used for specific uses of the language. People who do not want to travel abroad - but just need to read it.






32. Context reduced






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






34. Connectionism






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. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






37. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






38. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






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






40. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






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






42. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






43. 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






44. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






45. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Classical conditioning






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