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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Is a strategy where experienced readers provide structure via modeling strategies in order to move beginning readers towards independence.






2. Counting to 100






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






4. Learning the lingusitic rules will help you develope competence of the new language






5. 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






6. Social or observational learning theory






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






8. Determines a student's understanding and performance of specific criteria






9. Development of spoken language system






10. Region/area - length - set






11. Concrete - visual representation of something that cannot otherwise be seen






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






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






14. Physical education






15. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






16. Assertive discipline






17. 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






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. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






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






21. Utilize primary sources - incorporate fiction - use of timelines






22. Students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing






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






24. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






26. Field trips to community entities - various technology - study economic systems - build skills in areas of communication






27. Three levels of culture






28. Eight stages of human development






29. Coined by Piaget to identify a process that regulates tension between assimilation (information) and accommodation (learning). Equilibration implies that individuals learn through experiences somewhat different from previous experiences. Thus - their






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






31. Operant Conditioning






32. Zone of proximal development






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






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. Role playing






36. Refined mastery of multiplication and division






37. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






38. Reading






39. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






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






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






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






43. Tends to be more relevant to students and it appears to be the conscious choice of how students want to learn. This approach involves self - instruction - experimenting - inquiry - exploring - and general curiosity. Acquisition accounts for about 20%






44. Lower level questioning






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






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






47. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






48. 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).






49. Ruled that providing the same access to cirriculum - instruction - and material to students of LEP as is provided to English Dominante






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