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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






3. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






4. A method of teaching reading by using the reader's own dictated language. This approach allows the reader to read words common to their environment.






5. Predict outcomes - create questions - monitor understanding - clarify - connect






6. Convert letters into sound sequences and blend sounds to form words






7. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






8. Construct understanding from the words






9. Different types of manipulatives - various strategies - situations that reflect real life situations






10. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






11. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






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






13. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






14. Follow the child






15. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






16. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






17. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






18. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






19. Three levels of culture






20. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






21. 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






22. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






23. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






24. Precontrol - control - utilization - proficiency






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






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






27. Begin working with decimals






28. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






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






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






32. A technique to examine students' collective abilities via real - world challenges that requires them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge.






33. Counting to 100






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






35. Connectionism






36. Discovery learning and constructivism






37. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






38. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






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






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






41. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






42. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






43. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






44. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






45. Movements or skills become natural and completed without thought






46. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






47. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words






48. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






49. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






50. Informal observation of student interacting with the evironment







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