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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






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






3. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






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






11. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






12. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






13. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






14. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






15. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






16. 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






17. Was concerned with how student the classroom environment affected learning.






18. Context reduced






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






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






21. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






22. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






23. 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






24. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






25. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






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






27. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






28. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






29. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






30. Choice/control theory






31. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






32. Construct understanding from the words






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






34. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






35. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






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






37. Need to know o be functionsl






38. Connectionism






39. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






40. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






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






42. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






43. 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.






44. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






45. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






46. 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.






47. Follow the child






48. Development of spoken language system






49. 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






50. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map