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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Formal measure that evaluates a student on a subject area by answering specific questions






2. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






3. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






4. An approach to reading instruction focusing on reading for meaning and the integration of the four aspects of language reading - writing - listening - and speaking.






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






6. Children learn through their observations of others






7. Drills and exercises






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






9. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






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






11. Three levels of culture






12. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






13. Math word problems






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






15. Assertive discipline






16. Suggests that behavior is somewhat controlled by association and illustrated after a neutral stimulus accepts the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through the pairing of some unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus.






17. 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






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






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






20. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






21. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






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






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






24. The thought processes students are able to rely on relative to problem solving. Here - students use creativity - analysis - and logic regarding their ability to analyze facts - make comparisons - generate ideas - defend view points - draw inferences






25. Music






26. Context reduced






27. Challenged in math instruction - qualified teachers - primary standards - utilize and apply number - algebra - geometry - measurement and statistics concepts - activities related to math content - meaningful to students and integrated with other subj






28. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






29. Reading






30. 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






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






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






33. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






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






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






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






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






38. Congitively undemanding






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






40. Face to face conversation






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






42. Word forms and another component of syntax. Morphemes are also the smallest meaningful units in language and word parts that could also change the meaning of a word.






43. Quadrant of comprehensible input






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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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49. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






50. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map