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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. L1 is never used. Everything is done in target language.






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






3. A sequence of consonants before or after a vowel in a given syllable






4. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






5. Three levels of culture






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






7. Models or visual examples of the information






8. Direct instruction - model - guided practice - application






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






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






11. Music






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






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






14. Physical education






15. 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






16. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






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






18. 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






19. The process of adapting a new culture;the new langage is seen as tied to the way the learners community and the target language community view one another.






20. Reading






21. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






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






23. Movement or equipment moves the child instead of child being in control






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


25. 30-60 minutes of physical activities on all days - 60 minutes of free play per day - daily activities with 10-15 minutes of moderate action






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






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






28. 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






29. Is a metaphoric term used by Vygotsky to show how parents and teachers provide temporary assistance to children/students by modeling appropriate behavior or skills. In the classroom - teachers model or demonstrate specific strategies and gradually sh






30. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






31. Gain information from text - improve communication - increase pleasure






32. Uses a letter or group of letters for every speech sound heard






33. Specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context






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






35. Aid student in traveling or moving some distance - fundamental skill for accessing home - school and community






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






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






38. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






39. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






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






41. Drills and exercises






42. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






43. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






44. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






45. Based on the idea that learning is habit formation (drills) and the best way to learn in memorization taught through repetative drills. Little or no grammatical explanations are provided. Teacher can speak in native language - but students are discou






46. Improving social skills through the use of appropriate behaviors






47. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






48. Follow the child






49. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






50. Stages of cognitive development