WGU D096 FUNDAMENTALS OF
DIVERSE LEARNERS OA EXAM
2025 AND STUDY GUIDE || EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALE BRAND NEW!! /A+
GRADE ASSURED
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
What Is progress monitoring used for? - ANSWER Monitoring
Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - ANSWER
Elementary students. But it can be conducted effectively at any
age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - ANSWER Includes
instruments or probes.
Has a short sample from the curriculum.
Includes items from across the curriculum to provide a
representative indicator of the students skills.
It provides immediate info about how the student is mastering
skills being taught at the moment.
What is the major difference between Tier 2 and 3 of support in
MTSS - ANSWER Tier 3 provides more instructional time but it
also provides smaller groups.
Targets precise objectives at appropriate levels, systematic
instruction, extensive opportunities for practices, and increased
error correction and feedback opportunities.
,Tier 3 level of support - ANSWER --Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier
1).
This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition
much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - ANSWER --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier
1 support ( Targeted areas of need)
Tier 1 level of support - ANSWER --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education
strategies
Progress Monitoring - ANSWER Tests that keep the teacher
informed about the child's progress in learning to read during the
school year. They are a quick sample of critical reading skills
that will tell the teacher if the child is making adequate progress
toward grade level reading ability at the end of the year.
Curriculum Based Measurement - ANSWER Used to measure
the growth of student's proficiency in the core skills that
contribute to success in school
Differentiated Instruction - ANSWER Practice of
individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also
individualizing specific content and instructional goals, to align
with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs.
Differentiated assessment - ANSWER Allows more accurate
measurement of what students know, it can provide valuable
information about learning profiles and preferences.
Speech Emergence - ANSWER Continues gaining vocabulary,
communicates using words with high semantic context, nouns,
,verbs, and adjectives, understands more than they can
communicate, more effectively in face-to-face interactions.
knows up to 3000 words
Co-teaching - ANSWER In co-teaching arrangements, two or
more teachers teach together in the same classroom where
students benefit from each teacher's specialty (e.g., a regular and
a special education teacher working with regular students and
students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments).
Acculturation - ANSWER The adoption of cultural traits, such
as language, by one group under the influence of another.
Retention - ANSWER Refers to the ability to keep aspects of
ones culture, while adjusting to a new culture
The most common issue with implementing co-teaching
effectively in school? - ANSWER Lack of planning time
Team Teaching - ANSWER Teachers share the responsibility
for two or more classes, dividing up the subject areas between
them.
Only 1 teacher speaks at a time
Collaborative teaching - ANSWER General Ed and Special Ed
teachers working
together to meet the needs of special needs
students
Alternative co-teaching - ANSWER Allows a teacher to
specifically target the terminology or concept, before moving on
to the next portion of class time, i.e. lab work
2 ways teachers can intentionally lessen implicit biases in the
classroom - ANSWER 1. Make connections with people from
cultures other than their own
, 2. Model how to talk about culture and diversity in a positive
and transformative way
Implicit bias - ANSWER A hidden, automatic attitude that may
guide behaviors independent of a person's awareness or control
Assimilation - ANSWER The social process of absorbing one
cultural group into harmony with another
Cultural Transition - ANSWER Individuals entering a new
culture and the natural changes that take place within that
transition.
Formative Assessment - ANSWER Assessment used
throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students'
understanding and inform and guide teaching
What is one function of the home language survey for language
students - ANSWER Determines the potential need for a
language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? -
ANSWER They must be assessed with a valid and reliable
assessment to determine if they qualify for EL services
A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of
students, what should she do? - ANSWER Reduce long delays
between activities to hold students attention
What type of differentiation is address in an IEP where a
student need to sit near the teacher in the first or second row? -
ANSWER Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored
in class? - ANSWER Adjust assignments to include student
interest
DIVERSE LEARNERS OA EXAM
2025 AND STUDY GUIDE || EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALE BRAND NEW!! /A+
GRADE ASSURED
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
What Is progress monitoring used for? - ANSWER Monitoring
Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - ANSWER
Elementary students. But it can be conducted effectively at any
age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - ANSWER Includes
instruments or probes.
Has a short sample from the curriculum.
Includes items from across the curriculum to provide a
representative indicator of the students skills.
It provides immediate info about how the student is mastering
skills being taught at the moment.
What is the major difference between Tier 2 and 3 of support in
MTSS - ANSWER Tier 3 provides more instructional time but it
also provides smaller groups.
Targets precise objectives at appropriate levels, systematic
instruction, extensive opportunities for practices, and increased
error correction and feedback opportunities.
,Tier 3 level of support - ANSWER --Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier
1).
This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition
much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - ANSWER --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier
1 support ( Targeted areas of need)
Tier 1 level of support - ANSWER --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education
strategies
Progress Monitoring - ANSWER Tests that keep the teacher
informed about the child's progress in learning to read during the
school year. They are a quick sample of critical reading skills
that will tell the teacher if the child is making adequate progress
toward grade level reading ability at the end of the year.
Curriculum Based Measurement - ANSWER Used to measure
the growth of student's proficiency in the core skills that
contribute to success in school
Differentiated Instruction - ANSWER Practice of
individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also
individualizing specific content and instructional goals, to align
with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs.
Differentiated assessment - ANSWER Allows more accurate
measurement of what students know, it can provide valuable
information about learning profiles and preferences.
Speech Emergence - ANSWER Continues gaining vocabulary,
communicates using words with high semantic context, nouns,
,verbs, and adjectives, understands more than they can
communicate, more effectively in face-to-face interactions.
knows up to 3000 words
Co-teaching - ANSWER In co-teaching arrangements, two or
more teachers teach together in the same classroom where
students benefit from each teacher's specialty (e.g., a regular and
a special education teacher working with regular students and
students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments).
Acculturation - ANSWER The adoption of cultural traits, such
as language, by one group under the influence of another.
Retention - ANSWER Refers to the ability to keep aspects of
ones culture, while adjusting to a new culture
The most common issue with implementing co-teaching
effectively in school? - ANSWER Lack of planning time
Team Teaching - ANSWER Teachers share the responsibility
for two or more classes, dividing up the subject areas between
them.
Only 1 teacher speaks at a time
Collaborative teaching - ANSWER General Ed and Special Ed
teachers working
together to meet the needs of special needs
students
Alternative co-teaching - ANSWER Allows a teacher to
specifically target the terminology or concept, before moving on
to the next portion of class time, i.e. lab work
2 ways teachers can intentionally lessen implicit biases in the
classroom - ANSWER 1. Make connections with people from
cultures other than their own
, 2. Model how to talk about culture and diversity in a positive
and transformative way
Implicit bias - ANSWER A hidden, automatic attitude that may
guide behaviors independent of a person's awareness or control
Assimilation - ANSWER The social process of absorbing one
cultural group into harmony with another
Cultural Transition - ANSWER Individuals entering a new
culture and the natural changes that take place within that
transition.
Formative Assessment - ANSWER Assessment used
throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students'
understanding and inform and guide teaching
What is one function of the home language survey for language
students - ANSWER Determines the potential need for a
language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? -
ANSWER They must be assessed with a valid and reliable
assessment to determine if they qualify for EL services
A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of
students, what should she do? - ANSWER Reduce long delays
between activities to hold students attention
What type of differentiation is address in an IEP where a
student need to sit near the teacher in the first or second row? -
ANSWER Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored
in class? - ANSWER Adjust assignments to include student
interest
