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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Art






2. Construct understanding from the words






3. Use language above abilities - repeat key words - slow speech rate - clearly articulate - avoid using difficult words - simplify materials






4. Role playing






5. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






6. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






7. Describe economic problems - alternatives - benefits and costs - identify consequences in changes of economic policies - analyze economic evidence






8. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






9. (1849-1936) discovered 'conditioning' and initially believed that all behavior was reflexive. Pavlov thought that all learning - whether the elicited responses in animals - or of highly conceptual behaviors in humans was due to the mechanisms of clas






10. 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






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






12. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






13. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






14. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






16. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






17. 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






18. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






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






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






21. 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






22. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






23. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






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






25. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






26. 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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27. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






28. Refers to the learner's ability to draw on his or her interlanguage system during communication






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. How long can a muscle produce force






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






36. 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.]






37. Teaching students to use their own thinking processes to solve problems.






38. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






39. Math word problems






40. Identify words that don't belong in a set






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






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






43. Children learn through their observations of others






44. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






45. 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






46. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






47. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






48. Music






49. Provide a sequence of spoken phonemes and form a new word






50. Proficiency of the academic Language