WGU D579 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Object Permanence.
Answer: The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they
cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
◍ Sensorimotor Stage.
Answer: Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants and toddlers
acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects.
◍ Multiple Intelligence Theory.
Answer: Intelligence consists of several abilities and talents that are
independent and unrelated to each other.
◍ Diagnostic Assessment.
Answer: Pretest to determine how much pre-loaded information a student
has about a topic.
◍ Achievement Assessment.
Answer: achievement assessment is a broad category that includes all of the
various methods for determining the extent to which students are achieving
the intended learning outcomes of instruction
◍ Bandura's Social Learning Theory.
Answer: Learning occurs through observation and modeling.
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: Children learn language based on reinforcement.
◍ Early Childhood.
Answer: The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old. Improvements
, occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
◍ Orthopedic Impairments.
Answer: Impairment that adversely affects a child's educational
performance.
◍ Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized.
Answer: Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to
develop and administered to "all" students and required that all schools
make "Adequate Yearly Practice". It also included "special needs students"
in the definition of all students. States were required to set challenging
standards for student achievement, and develop and administer assessments
to measure student progress towards those standards. Federal laws such as
ESEA and IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the bar.'
◍ Central Auditory Processing Disorder.
Answer: Impairment of the auditory processing, resulting in deficiencies in
the recognition and interpretation of sounds by the brain.
◍ Negative Consequences of Large-Scale Assessments.
Answer: 1. Use of a single test score in making promotion/retention
decisions.2. Use of a single test score in graduation decisions.3. Use of test
performance as a basis for systems level rewards and sanctions.4. Impact on
mainstream education.
◍ Accomodation.
Answer: Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in order to
accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
◍ Chomsky's Theory of Language Development.
Answer: Chomsky's theory holds that children learn to use language because
of an innate capacity for language and communication; they do not need to
be explicitly taught but, rather, pick it up instinctively
◍ Conventional Stage.
Answer: Moral development stage where your behavior is influenced by
peer pressure/society
,◍ Maslow's Deficiency Needs.
Answer: Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging, and Esteem
◍ Standard.
Answer: a broad statement that describes what students should learn.
Provide the framework for curriculum development.
◍ Criterion-Referenced Interpretation.
Answer: Principal Use-Mastery testing.Major Emphasis-Describes tasks
students can perform.Interpretation of Results-Compares performance to a
clearly specified achievement domain.Content Coverage-Typically focuses
on a limited set of learning tasks.Nature of Test Plan-Detailed domain
specifications are favored.Item Selection Procedures-Includes all items
needed to adequately describe performance. No attempt is made to alter item
difficulty or to eliminate easy items to increase the spread of
scores.Performance Standards-Level of performance is commonly
determined by absolute standards (e.g., demonstrates mastery by defining 90
percent of the technical terms).according to a specified domain of clearly
fined learning tasksa test or other type of assessment designed to provide a
measure of performance that is interpretable in terms of a clearly defined
and delimited domain of learning tasks.Other terms that are less often used
but have meanings similar to criterion referenced: standards basedobjective
referencedcontent referenceddomain referenceduniverse referenced.
◍ Selection Item: True- False.
Answer: typically used to measure the ability to identify whether statements
of fact are correct. The basic format is simply a declarative statement that
the student must judge as true or false.
◍ The Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
Answer: provides a useful framework for (1) identifying a wide array of
intended learning outcomes; (2) planning instructional activities; (3)
planning assessment methods; and (4) checking on the alignment among
objectives, instruction, and assessment.
, ◍ Maslow's Esteem Need.
Answer: Self-respect, respect from others, achievement, status, and prestige.
◍ Spearman's g Factor.
Answer: A general intelligence factor is the basis of all cognitive processes
and performance.
◍ Portfolios.
Answer: collection of artifacts, or individual work samples, that represent a
student's performance over a period of time.Conferencing with students and
parents: PURPOSE: The collected samples of work make clear to students
and parents alike what students are learning and how well they are learning
it. You can present a summary of the students' achievements and then
support it by showing actual samples of the students' work. This provides as
comprehensive and complete a report of student achievement as is
possible.The conference also provides for two-way communication that
permits the student or parent to ask for clarification and to discuss ways to
improve performance.No better way of reporting student achievement
◍ Assimilation.
Answer: Process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be
placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
◍ Factors That Lower the Reliability of Test Scores.
Answer: 1. Test scores are based on too few items. (Remedy: Use longer
tests or accumulate scores from several short tests.)2. Range of scores is too
limited. (Remedy: Adjust item difficulty to obtain larger spread of scores.)3.
Testing conditions are inadequate. (Remedy: Arrange opportune time for
administration and eliminate interruptions, noise, and other disrupting
factors.)4. Scoring is subjective. (Remedy: Prepare scoring keys and follow
carefully when scoring essay answers.)
◍ Authentic Assessments.
Answer: A title for performance assessments that stresses the importance of
focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in
real-world; contextual settings.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Object Permanence.
Answer: The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they
cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
◍ Sensorimotor Stage.
Answer: Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants and toddlers
acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects.
◍ Multiple Intelligence Theory.
Answer: Intelligence consists of several abilities and talents that are
independent and unrelated to each other.
◍ Diagnostic Assessment.
Answer: Pretest to determine how much pre-loaded information a student
has about a topic.
◍ Achievement Assessment.
Answer: achievement assessment is a broad category that includes all of the
various methods for determining the extent to which students are achieving
the intended learning outcomes of instruction
◍ Bandura's Social Learning Theory.
Answer: Learning occurs through observation and modeling.
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: Children learn language based on reinforcement.
◍ Early Childhood.
Answer: The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old. Improvements
, occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
◍ Orthopedic Impairments.
Answer: Impairment that adversely affects a child's educational
performance.
◍ Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized.
Answer: Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to
develop and administered to "all" students and required that all schools
make "Adequate Yearly Practice". It also included "special needs students"
in the definition of all students. States were required to set challenging
standards for student achievement, and develop and administer assessments
to measure student progress towards those standards. Federal laws such as
ESEA and IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the bar.'
◍ Central Auditory Processing Disorder.
Answer: Impairment of the auditory processing, resulting in deficiencies in
the recognition and interpretation of sounds by the brain.
◍ Negative Consequences of Large-Scale Assessments.
Answer: 1. Use of a single test score in making promotion/retention
decisions.2. Use of a single test score in graduation decisions.3. Use of test
performance as a basis for systems level rewards and sanctions.4. Impact on
mainstream education.
◍ Accomodation.
Answer: Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in order to
accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
◍ Chomsky's Theory of Language Development.
Answer: Chomsky's theory holds that children learn to use language because
of an innate capacity for language and communication; they do not need to
be explicitly taught but, rather, pick it up instinctively
◍ Conventional Stage.
Answer: Moral development stage where your behavior is influenced by
peer pressure/society
,◍ Maslow's Deficiency Needs.
Answer: Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging, and Esteem
◍ Standard.
Answer: a broad statement that describes what students should learn.
Provide the framework for curriculum development.
◍ Criterion-Referenced Interpretation.
Answer: Principal Use-Mastery testing.Major Emphasis-Describes tasks
students can perform.Interpretation of Results-Compares performance to a
clearly specified achievement domain.Content Coverage-Typically focuses
on a limited set of learning tasks.Nature of Test Plan-Detailed domain
specifications are favored.Item Selection Procedures-Includes all items
needed to adequately describe performance. No attempt is made to alter item
difficulty or to eliminate easy items to increase the spread of
scores.Performance Standards-Level of performance is commonly
determined by absolute standards (e.g., demonstrates mastery by defining 90
percent of the technical terms).according to a specified domain of clearly
fined learning tasksa test or other type of assessment designed to provide a
measure of performance that is interpretable in terms of a clearly defined
and delimited domain of learning tasks.Other terms that are less often used
but have meanings similar to criterion referenced: standards basedobjective
referencedcontent referenceddomain referenceduniverse referenced.
◍ Selection Item: True- False.
Answer: typically used to measure the ability to identify whether statements
of fact are correct. The basic format is simply a declarative statement that
the student must judge as true or false.
◍ The Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
Answer: provides a useful framework for (1) identifying a wide array of
intended learning outcomes; (2) planning instructional activities; (3)
planning assessment methods; and (4) checking on the alignment among
objectives, instruction, and assessment.
, ◍ Maslow's Esteem Need.
Answer: Self-respect, respect from others, achievement, status, and prestige.
◍ Spearman's g Factor.
Answer: A general intelligence factor is the basis of all cognitive processes
and performance.
◍ Portfolios.
Answer: collection of artifacts, or individual work samples, that represent a
student's performance over a period of time.Conferencing with students and
parents: PURPOSE: The collected samples of work make clear to students
and parents alike what students are learning and how well they are learning
it. You can present a summary of the students' achievements and then
support it by showing actual samples of the students' work. This provides as
comprehensive and complete a report of student achievement as is
possible.The conference also provides for two-way communication that
permits the student or parent to ask for clarification and to discuss ways to
improve performance.No better way of reporting student achievement
◍ Assimilation.
Answer: Process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be
placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
◍ Factors That Lower the Reliability of Test Scores.
Answer: 1. Test scores are based on too few items. (Remedy: Use longer
tests or accumulate scores from several short tests.)2. Range of scores is too
limited. (Remedy: Adjust item difficulty to obtain larger spread of scores.)3.
Testing conditions are inadequate. (Remedy: Arrange opportune time for
administration and eliminate interruptions, noise, and other disrupting
factors.)4. Scoring is subjective. (Remedy: Prepare scoring keys and follow
carefully when scoring essay answers.)
◍ Authentic Assessments.
Answer: A title for performance assessments that stresses the importance of
focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in
real-world; contextual settings.
