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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Genre - content - structure - language of text - prior knowledge






2. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






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






4. Initiates investigation - investigates questions - discusses processes - presents ideas - challenges ideas - uses resources - uses prediction






5. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






6. Group membership - involve community studies - social problems - investigate communication






7. Choice/control theory






8. 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






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






10. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






11. Context reduced






12. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






13. Credited with coining the Multiple Intelligences Theory which is a pluralized way of understanding the intellect. Researchers believe that each person's level of intelligence is made up of autonomous faculties that can work individually or in concert






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






15. 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.'






16. An ability to sound ot new words or to interpret a word from print to speech through the skill of sound - symbol correspondence






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






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






19. Is an instructional approach that encourages students to work collaboratively as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks.






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






21. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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22. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






23. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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24. 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).






25. 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






26. Credited to Carl Rogers who suggested that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning via: setting a positive classroom climate for learning; clarifying the purposes and rules; organizing an






27. Addiction and subtraction usage on worksheets and timed tests






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






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






30. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






31. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






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






33. Students involved and motivated in learning process - children create situation of learning meaningful to them.






34. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






35. Operant Conditioning






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






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






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






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






40. Includes systems of factual knowledge - values - and cultural conventions. 2.) Language Schemata - includes sentence structure - grammatical inflections - spelling - punctuation - vocabulary - and cohesive structures. 3.)Textual Schemata - includes t

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41. 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






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






43. The cognitive process where information from the environment is integrated into existing schematato use and apply recently learned knowledge into one's thought pattern in solving problems.






44. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






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






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






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






48. Art






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






50. Standardized reading test - portfolios - profile - performance task - anecdotal records