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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. 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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2. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






3. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






4. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






5. Multiplication and beginning division






6. 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.






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






8. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






9. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






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






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






12. Comprehension of scientific concepts - appreciation of scientific knowledge - understanding nature of science - acquisition of skills to become independent thinkers






13. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






14. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






15. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






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






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






18. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






19. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






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






21. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






22. 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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23. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






24. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






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






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






27. Walking - running - hopping - leaping - sliding - galloping - skipping






28. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






29. One - more - than and two - more - than facts - zero facts - doubles - near - doubles - make ten facts






30. Lower level questioning






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






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






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






35. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






36. 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






37. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






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






39. 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






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






41. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






42. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






43. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






44. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






45. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






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

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






48. Reading






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






50. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application