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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Eight stages of human development






2. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






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






4. Physical education






5. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






6. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






7. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






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






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






10. Math word problems






11. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






12. 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.]






13. The history or study of words.






14. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






15. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Need to know o be functionsl






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






22. 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%






23. Understand relationships of places to one another - distribution of resources throughout the world - how use of goods influence people who consume them - how decisions people make shape present and future - places change over time






24. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






25. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






26. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






27. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






28. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






29. 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






30. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






31. 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






32. 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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33. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






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






36. 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.






37. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






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






39. 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






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

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






42. A theory of animal and human learning that focuses on observable behaviors and ignores psychological activities.






43. Drills and exercises






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






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






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






47. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






48. 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






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






50. Stages of cognitive development