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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






2. Need to know o be functionsl






3. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






4. Language Acquisition hypothesis






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






6. 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






7. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






8. Consuming resources and altering natural patterns have consequences - building structures changes the region - reasons people compete for control - relationships of nature and people - carrying capacity - intended and unintended repercussions of huma






9. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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






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






12. Ability to understand sound structure of language






13. Microsystem - mesosystem - exosystem - macrosystem






14. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






15. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






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






18. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






19. Theory of moral development






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






21. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






22. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






23. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






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






25. Development of spoken language system






26. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'






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

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






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






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






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






32. Social or observational learning theory






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






35. 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.






36. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






37. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






38. Make new words by adding a phoneme to a word






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






46. Begin working with decimals






47. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






48. Quadrant of comprehensible input






49. Advance organizer






50. Refined mastery of multiplication and division