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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Analysis of information - formation of opinions and actions taken. critical thinking and cultural pluralism






2. Conitive - language - physical - social - emotional - adaptive






3. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






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






5. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






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






7. Advance organizer






8. 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






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






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






11. Individual's basic understanding of numbers and operations and how to apply this knowledge to solve dilemmas and make decisions about mathematical problems and concepts






12. 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.






13. Discrepant event - question - inquiry






14. Need to know o be functionsl






15. State question - formulate hypothesis - describe variables - indicate controls - collect data - organize data - use mathematical applications - conclusion - enrichment activities






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






17. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






18. Complete a problem or project with an explanation for an answer






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






20. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






21. Discovering - simplifying - and applying patterns in scientific discovery






22. Particularly the vowels - to spell many of the sounds. Sounds are called phonemes - and represented in print - and Graphemes are letter combinations.






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






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






25. Proposes that all children can learn when provided with the appropriate learning conditions in the classroom.






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






27. A strategy taught to help students use parts of words they have learned to attack words that are unfamiliar






28. 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






29. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






30. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






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






32. Help define what art education should provide and to ensure that schools support the arts






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






34. 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






35. Counting to 100






36. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






37. 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






38. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






39. Construct understanding from the words






40. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






41. Identify words that don't belong in a set






42. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






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

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






45. Physical education






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






47. Theory of moral development






48. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






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