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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Operant conditioning






2. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






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






4. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






5. Stages of cognitive development






6. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






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






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






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






10. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






11. Lower level questioning






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Stages of the ethic of care






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






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






19. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






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






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






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






23. Read aloud to class - student oral reading periods - shared reading - sustained silent reading






24. 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






25. Proficiency of the academic Language






26. 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






27. Reading






28. 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






29. A theory advanced by George A. Miller who stressed the idea that short - term memory could only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two). The term chunk represents any meaningful unit (i.e. - digits - words - pictures - etc.). The con






30. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






31. Large group activity everyone does same experiment - inquiry not a part of learning process






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






33. Initiated from the general to the specific - and often referred to as the 'top - down' approach. Deductive reasoning is more narrow and primarily concerned with testing hypotheses. In contrast - Inductive Reasoning is more open - ended and explorator






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






35. Motivation is the primary determinant of L2 proficiency;The more motivated you are the better you will perform






36. Families and schools - cities - state - federal government - ancient and foreign governments






37. 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.'






38. Development of spoken language system






39. Music






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






41. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






42. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






43. Hierarchy of needs






44. 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






45. Operant Conditioning






46. 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






47. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






48. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






49. Congitively undemanding






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