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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






2. 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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3. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






4. Involves the ability to: research & explore - question & analyze - and make changes to both lessons and curriculum based on learning results experienced in the classroom.






5. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






6. 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.






7. 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






8. 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






9. Informal observation - authentic assessment - formal observation - testing






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






11. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






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






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






14. Children learn through their observations of others






15. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






16. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






17. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






18. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






19. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






20. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






21. '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.






22. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






23. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






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






25. Operant Conditioning






26. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






27. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






28. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






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






30. Learning is formal knowledge(rules) - acquistion - at the subconsious level (child's acquiring his first language).

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31. Construct understanding from the words






32. Steer children into the practice of becoming physically active throughout their lifetimes - improve academic achievement and ability to gain knowledge






33. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






34. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






35. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






36. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






37. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






38. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






39. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






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






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

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42. The history or study of words.






43. Social or observational learning theory






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






45. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






46. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






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






48. Stages of cognitive development






49. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






50. The part of a syllable (not a word) consisting of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it - the first vowel in a word along with all of the sounds that follow - for example - /- utterfly/ in 'butterfly.'







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