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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Advance organizer






2. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






3. Role playing






4. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






5. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






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






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






8. 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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9. 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






10. Addiciton and subtraction without manipulatives or using fingers






11. Direct instruction - inquiry based instruction - cooperative learning






12. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






13. Connectionism






14. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






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






16. Pattern - regularity - reasons for spatial organization






17. The study of the nature and use of symbols in a writing system; correct or standardized spelling according to established usage in a given language.






18. Movement more controlled and skill repeatd in similar manner everytime it's demonstrated






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






20. Topographical - projective - Euclidian






21. Direct instruction






22. Data analysis - manipulatives - graphing data - interpretation of data






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






24. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. Children learn through their observations of others






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






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






32. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






33. Ability of a student to control his physical self - personal movements - recognize spatial conditions - and develop body - space relationships






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






35. Refers to language sources that are used to initiate the language process






36. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






37. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






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

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






41. Cognative Academic Language Learning Approach






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






43. Movements and skills carried out with intensified instinctive actions






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






45. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






46. Follow the child






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






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






49. Provide lecture - deliver demonstrations - impart explanations of science topics






50. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills