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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Children learn through their observations of others






2. Proficiency of the academic Language






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






4. Role playing






5. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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






7. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






8. Eight stages of human development






9. Is the subconscious or subliminal - process by which individuals learn important things like language - prejudices - habits - social rules and behaviors. Accretion is a process where individuals are totally unaware that learning is taking place. Accr






10. Social or observational learning theory






11. Refers to the process by which te learners incorporates new learner incorporates new learning item into his or her developing system or interlanguage.






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






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






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






15. Writing






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






17. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






18. Phonemic awareness instruction - phonics - spelling - reading fluency - grammar - writing - reading comprehension strategies






19. 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






20. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






21. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






22. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






23. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






24. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






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






26. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






27. 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






28. Music






29. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






39. Gradually - experiment with numbers - visualize numbers - use numbers - understand number relationships






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






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






42. Congnitively demanding






43. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






44. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






45. Coined by B.F. Skinner - is based upon the premise that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. The change in behavior is a result of the student's response to events (stimuli) occurring in one's environment. A response produces a consequ






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






47. Begin working with decimals






48. Zone of proximal development






49. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






50. A succession of letters representing the same phonological unit in different words - such as ed in red - bed - fed. or - IGHT in FLIGHT - MIGHT and TIGHT.