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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The use of words peculiar to a particular language with a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patterns or from the literal meaning of its parts taken together. Some examples of idiomatic expressions would include - 'John kicked the bucket' me






2. Understand basic economic concepts and issues - recite economic facts about the US - explain historical events from economic perspective - trace historical economic patterns - compare economic systems - make decisions and realize decisions affect sel






3. Symbols - scale - directions - and grid






4. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






5. Phonics instruction and whole language instruction - alphabetic principle - phonemic awareness - vocabulary - fluency - comprehension






6. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






7. 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.






8. There is a connection between language function and neural anatomy - focusing on the right and left hemisphere. There is a focus of specific aspects of SLA: age differences;fossilization;pattern practice in classroom SLA.






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






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






11. Preproduction - early production - speech emergence - intermediate fluency

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12. Operant conditioning






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






14. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






15. Role playing






16. Models or visual examples of the information






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






18. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






19. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






20. Identify and define a problem - identify and define values - predict consequences and outcomes - reach decision - justify decision - if needed alter decision






21. Modeling






22. Pre - place - value - more and less - doubling or near doubling






23. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






24. Learning through experience






25. Found that although environment causes behavior - behavior also causes environment as well. Bandura labeled this concept reciprocal determinism -'both the world the individual's behavior 'cause' affect each other. Bandura is considered a 'father' of






26. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






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






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






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






30. Use of place value and hundreds and thousands






31. Social or observational learning theory






32. Begin working with decimals






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






34. Identify words in print - which is vocabulary development






35. Cognitive - behavioral - developmental - psychodynamic - sociological - ecological - eclectic






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

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37. Students analyze letter sound relationships from learned words to those not familiar while not pronouncing sounds in isolation






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






39. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






40. Amount of force a muscle can produce






41. Understanding that sounds are related to written words






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






43. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






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






45. Choice/control theory






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






47. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






48. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






49. A device - such as a formula or rhyme - used as an aid in remembering.






50. Explicit instruction for using letter - sound relationships during the reading of connected text to sight read new words