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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






2. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






3. Students need to be given time to correct themselves. Teachers can be optimal (users monitor when to focus on form) - overusers (refer to conscious grammer all the time) - underusers(do not refer to grammer at all)

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4. Writing






5. 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






6. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






7. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






8. Mapping






9. Context reduced






10. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






12. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






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






14. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






15. 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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16. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






17. Organizing data - problem solving - comparing and contrasting - model building - planning - forecasting - decision making






18. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






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






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






21. 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






22. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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23. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






24. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






25. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






26. 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






27. Modeling






28. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






29. Stages of cognitive development






30. Informal measurement based on observation of student work or performance






31. Development of spoken language system






32. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






33. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






35. Connectionism






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






41. How long can a muscle produce force






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






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






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






45. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






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






47. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






48. Congitively undemanding






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






50. Eight stages of human development