WGU D335 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ content scaffolding.
Answer: helps the learner figure out an answer. ex. accessing prior
knowledge, direct instruction with gradual release of responsibility
◍ active learning.
Answer: a student-centered approach in which students learn by doing and
use higher-order thinking skills, including metacognition
◍ Constructivism Learning Theory.
Answer: Students create their own learning based on previous experiences.
◍ Maslow's Self-Actualization Need.
Answer: Personal growth and fulfillment and the realization of one's
personal potential as a human being.
◍ Extrinsic Motivation.
Answer: Behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame,
grades, and praise.
◍ Articulation Difficulties.
Answer: Challenges in pronouncing words understandably.
◍ Cognitive Learning Theory.
Answer: Learners can be influenced by both internal and external elements.
◍ cooperative learning.
Answer: a strategy that organizes classroom activities into academic and
social learning experiences, with students working in groups to complete
tasks
◍ Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development.
, Answer: 8 stages of identify development where people are motivated by the
need to achieve competence in certain areas of their lives.
◍ Ethics of Care.
Answer: Women's moral and ethical decisions often focus on way decisions
will affect people and relationships.
◍ Musical Intelligence.
Answer: Enables individuals to produce and make meaning of different
sounds.
◍ Create.
Answer: Put elements together to form a new coherent or functional whole;
reorganize elements into a new pattern or structure.
◍ Self-Efficacy Theory.
Answer: Beliefs become a primary, explicit explanation for motivation.
◍ Tier 1 interventions.
Answer: high quality classroom instruction that ensures the curriculum
reaches 100% of students in the classroom.
◍ Expressive Language Disorder.
Answer: Trouble getting message across when talking.
◍ Implicit Memory.
Answer: Memories of things you may not be able to articulate.
◍ Maslow's Love and Belonging Need.
Answer: Need for interpersonal relationships - friendships, intimacy, being
part of a group.
◍ Naturalistic Intelligence.
Answer: Ability to identify and distinguish among different types of plants,
animals, and weather formations found in the natural world.
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: A response is increased or decreased due to reinforcement or
punishment.
, ◍ Understand.
Answer: Demonstrate comprehension through one or more forms of
explanation
◍ Constructivism.
Answer: discovery, collaborative group work, scaffolding, self-guided
learning based on personal experience, peer grading/review. learners build
on personal experience; learning is active and social in process.
◍ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
Answer: The place where the most sensitive instruction or guidance should
be given. It is the link between what we can do and what we can't do.
◍ Signs of trauma in children.
Answer: Trouble forming relationships, poor self-regulation, hypervigilance,
and executive function challenges.
◍ project based learning.
Answer: an approach where students work on projects over an extended
period, which allows them to explore a subject in depth
◍ Criterion-Referenced Assessment.
Answer: Compare a student's knowledge or skills against a predetermined
standard.
◍ Interpersonal Intelligence.
Answer: Ability to recognize and understand other people's moods, desires,
motivations, and intentions.
◍ performance based assessment.
Answer: an individual task, such as research paper, presentation, or report,
completed by a candidate and evaluated based on a rubric; a formal testing
process that demonstrates competency for a course.
◍ Remember.
Answer: Retrieve, recall, or recognize relevant knowledge from long-term
memory
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ content scaffolding.
Answer: helps the learner figure out an answer. ex. accessing prior
knowledge, direct instruction with gradual release of responsibility
◍ active learning.
Answer: a student-centered approach in which students learn by doing and
use higher-order thinking skills, including metacognition
◍ Constructivism Learning Theory.
Answer: Students create their own learning based on previous experiences.
◍ Maslow's Self-Actualization Need.
Answer: Personal growth and fulfillment and the realization of one's
personal potential as a human being.
◍ Extrinsic Motivation.
Answer: Behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame,
grades, and praise.
◍ Articulation Difficulties.
Answer: Challenges in pronouncing words understandably.
◍ Cognitive Learning Theory.
Answer: Learners can be influenced by both internal and external elements.
◍ cooperative learning.
Answer: a strategy that organizes classroom activities into academic and
social learning experiences, with students working in groups to complete
tasks
◍ Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development.
, Answer: 8 stages of identify development where people are motivated by the
need to achieve competence in certain areas of their lives.
◍ Ethics of Care.
Answer: Women's moral and ethical decisions often focus on way decisions
will affect people and relationships.
◍ Musical Intelligence.
Answer: Enables individuals to produce and make meaning of different
sounds.
◍ Create.
Answer: Put elements together to form a new coherent or functional whole;
reorganize elements into a new pattern or structure.
◍ Self-Efficacy Theory.
Answer: Beliefs become a primary, explicit explanation for motivation.
◍ Tier 1 interventions.
Answer: high quality classroom instruction that ensures the curriculum
reaches 100% of students in the classroom.
◍ Expressive Language Disorder.
Answer: Trouble getting message across when talking.
◍ Implicit Memory.
Answer: Memories of things you may not be able to articulate.
◍ Maslow's Love and Belonging Need.
Answer: Need for interpersonal relationships - friendships, intimacy, being
part of a group.
◍ Naturalistic Intelligence.
Answer: Ability to identify and distinguish among different types of plants,
animals, and weather formations found in the natural world.
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: A response is increased or decreased due to reinforcement or
punishment.
, ◍ Understand.
Answer: Demonstrate comprehension through one or more forms of
explanation
◍ Constructivism.
Answer: discovery, collaborative group work, scaffolding, self-guided
learning based on personal experience, peer grading/review. learners build
on personal experience; learning is active and social in process.
◍ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
Answer: The place where the most sensitive instruction or guidance should
be given. It is the link between what we can do and what we can't do.
◍ Signs of trauma in children.
Answer: Trouble forming relationships, poor self-regulation, hypervigilance,
and executive function challenges.
◍ project based learning.
Answer: an approach where students work on projects over an extended
period, which allows them to explore a subject in depth
◍ Criterion-Referenced Assessment.
Answer: Compare a student's knowledge or skills against a predetermined
standard.
◍ Interpersonal Intelligence.
Answer: Ability to recognize and understand other people's moods, desires,
motivations, and intentions.
◍ performance based assessment.
Answer: an individual task, such as research paper, presentation, or report,
completed by a candidate and evaluated based on a rubric; a formal testing
process that demonstrates competency for a course.
◍ Remember.
Answer: Retrieve, recall, or recognize relevant knowledge from long-term
memory
