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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






2. Breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them






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






4. Begin working with decimals






5. Mapping






6. 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.'






7. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






8. Modeling






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






10. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






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






12. Taught gradually in the context of meaningful reading






13. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






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






15. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






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

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






18. 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






19. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






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






21. 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






22. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






23. Multiple intelligences






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






25. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






26. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






27. Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness - phonics instruction in context - learn when address reading and writing activities






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. Face to face conversation






33. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Models or visual examples of the information






40. Process of understanding letters in text represent phonemes in speech






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






42. In the classroom the teacher and students take on roles similar to that of the parent and child respectively. Students must respond physically to the words of the teacher. The activity may be a simple game such as Simon Says or may involve more compl






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






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






45. Social or observational learning theory






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






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






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






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






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






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