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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






2. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






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






4. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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5. Experiential Learning






6. Numbers and operations - algebra - geometry - measurement - data analysis and probability - problem solving - reasining and proof - communicatins - connections - representations






7. Work with units and tens - learning place value strategies






8. 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.






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






10. Choice/control theory






11. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






12. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






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






14. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






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






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






17. Enjoys science - participates in additional science activities - inquires about science topics - curious about topic - displays verbal skills - wants more time to participate






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






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






20. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






21. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






22. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






23. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






24. Print concepts - letter knowledge - alphabetic principle






25. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






27. Drills and exercises






28. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






29. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






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






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






32. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






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






34. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






35. Writing






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






37. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






39. 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






40. Language Acquisition hypothesis






41. Stages of the ethic of care






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






47. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






48. Funds of knowledge






49. Advance organizer






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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