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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Computers available and used throughout the world - students comfortable with electronic equipment - information readily available - electronics provides opportunities for investigation - learning needs can be addressed by use of technology - technol






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






3. Body's capacity to maintain vigorous physical activity for a period of time






4. 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






5. Precommunicative - semiphonetic - phonetic - transitional - correct






6. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






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






8. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. Art






13. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






14. 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






15. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






16. Identify the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from an existing word






17. Coordinate the words and meaning so reading becomes automatic






18. 'if so - how?' In short - metacognition is simply the process of 'thinking about thinking.' In fact - good readers use metacognition before they read anythingin order to help them clarify their purpose for reading and to preview the text.






19. 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






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






21. Recognize and name letters of the alphabet - print knowledge - phonemic awareness






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






23. Field trips to government facilities - scenarios for useful problem solving - discuss and debate current events






24. Funds of knowledge






25. A Swiss biologist and psychologist constructed a model of child development and learning based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps - 'schemes -' or networked concepts for understanding and responding to ph






26. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






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






28. Learning of governmetn function and following the rulse as set forth. legalistic and assimilationist






29. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






30. 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.






31. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






32. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






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






34. Knowing the basic concepts about written words






35. Language acquisition - oral vocabulary and usage - reading comprehension skills






36. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






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






43. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






44. 'quiet' time - includes rest and inactivity






45. Map skills and spatial organization of the world - places and regions of the world - physical and human systems - environment and society - uses of geography






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






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






48. Identify ELL's - design an effective program reflective of their needs - employ appropriate ESL or bilingual personell or both - align ELL's to state and local content standards - and to provide ongoing authentic assessment






49. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






50. 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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