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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

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1. Lower level questioning






2. Task analysis - guided practice at conclusion of leve - closure activity - homework as a form of practice - writing to express mathematical thinking - cooperative learning






3. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






4. 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






5. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






6. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






7. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






8. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






10. Math word problems






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






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






13. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






14. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






15. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






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






17. Eight stages of human development






18. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






19. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






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






22. 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






23. '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.






24. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






25. Large muscle skill development - little formal organization - lifestyle activities






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






27. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






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






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. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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






32. 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.






33. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






34. 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






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






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






37. Zone of proximal development






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






42. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






43. Amount of force a muscle can produce






44. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






45. 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.






46. Two letters that represent one speech sound - as EA in BREAD - CH in CHAT - or NG in SING.






47. Development of spoken language system






48. Visualization - analysis - informal deduction - deduction - rigor






49. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






50. 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







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