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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






2. Experiential Learning






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






4. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






5. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






6. Writing






7. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






8. Operant conditioning






9. 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






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






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






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






13. That subset of the input that is comprehended and attended to in some way.






14. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






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






16. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






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






18. Advance organizer






19. Direct instruction






20. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






21. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






22. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






23. Constructivist theory is a general framework for instruction based upon the study of cognition. Constructivism is based on the belief that children construct meaning from their experiences - and are not just passive receivers of information. Much of






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






25. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






26. Follow the child






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






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






29. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






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






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






32. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






33. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






34. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






35. '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.






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






37. 'with - it - ness'






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






39. Determine student learning from thinking processes - formation of ideas - and development of skills in creative and factual writing






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






41. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






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






43. Lower level questioning






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






45. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






46. 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






47. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






48. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






49. 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






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