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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






2. Context embedded






3. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






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






5. Math word problems






6. Congnitively demanding






7. Writing






8. Advance organizer






9. Reading






10. Amount of force a muscle can produce






11. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






12. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






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






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






15. standard spelling is the correct form for written documents.






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






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






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






19. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






20. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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






22. 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.






23. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






24. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






25. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






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






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






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






29. Stages of the ethic of care






30. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






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






32. 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






33. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






34. What a government is and how governments function - how rules are made and enforced - why government is necessary - democratic values and beleifs of civic life






35. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment






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






37. Assertive discipline






38. Ability of a joint to move through its range of motion






39. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






40. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






41. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






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






43. Learning through experience






44. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






46. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






47. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






48. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






49. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






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