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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






2. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






3. Lower level questioning






4. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






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






6. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






7. 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.]






8. 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






9. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






11. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






12. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






13. Language Acquisition hypothesis






14. Experiential Learning






15. Avoid stereotypical content - specify historical periods - variety of resources - diverse information






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






17. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






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






19. 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.






20. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






21. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






22. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






23. Learners find it easier to to acquire patterns that confrom to linguistic universals than those that do not.






24. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






25. 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






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






27. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Context embedded






33. Children learn through their observations of others






34. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






35. Drills and exercises






36. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






37. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






38. Multiple intelligences






39. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






40. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






41. Development of spoken language system






42. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






44. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






45. S manifested via structuring - patterning - and constructing meaning - understanding - and ideas that did not exist initially. This process involves insight - reflection - creative expression - and/or group interactions. This method of learning is de






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






47. 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






48. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






49. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






50. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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