WGU D096 Fundamentals of Diverse
Learners- (2025/2026) Questions and
Answers (Verified)
1. What Is progress monitoring used for? ..Ans>> Monitoring Academic and
Behavior progress
2. What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? ..Ans>> Elementary
students. But it can be conducted effectively at any age.
3. CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) ..Ans>> 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.
4. What is the major difference between Tier 2 and 3 of support in MTSS
..Ans>> 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 opportuni-
ties.
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, 5. Tier 3 level of support ..Ans>> --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.
6. Tier 2 level of support ..Ans>> --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted
areas of need)
7. Tier 1 level of support ..Ans>> --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
8. What is one function of the home language survey for language students
..Ans>> -
Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
9. Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? ..Ans>> They
must be assessed with a valid and reliable assessment to determine if they qualify
for EL services
10. A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of students, what
should she do? ..Ans>> Reduce long delays between activities to hold students
attention
11. What type of differentiation is address in an IEP where a student need to
sit near the teacher in the first or second row? ..Ans>> Environment
12. What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class?
..Ans>> -
Adjust assignments to include student interest
13. What is a student able to do in Early Production? ..Ans>>
Basic vocab Know up to 1000 words
14. What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading
materials at different reading levels to students? ..Ans>> Content
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, 15. What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? ..Ans>> Practice
pronounc- ing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
16. Stages of Second Language Acquisition ..Ans>> 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
17. Explicit Instruction ..Ans>> An instructional strategy that emphasizes group
instruc- tion. The instruction offered should include a great deal of teacher-student
interac- tivity.
The teacher models the behaviors taught
18. Explicit instruction and implicit instruction ..Ans>> Two distinct methods of
providing instruction to diverse students and these are used for various student
groups depending on the functioning level and the subject area
19. Systematic Instruction ..Ans>> A carefully planned sequence for instruction,
similar to a builder's blueprint for a house. A blueprint is carefully thought out and
designed before building materials are gathered and construction begins. The plan
for in- struction that is systematic is carefully thought out, strategic, and designed
before activities and lessons are planned. Instruction is across the five components
(phone- mic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). For
systematic instruction, lessons build on previously taught information, from simple
to complex.
20. 3 characteristics of systematic instruction ..Ans>>
Goal based Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
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, 21. Progress Monitoring ..Ans>> 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.
22. Curriculum Based Measurement ..Ans>> Used to measure the growth of
student's proficiency in the core skills that contribute to success in school
23. Differentiated Instruction ..Ans>> 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.
24. Differentiated assessment ..Ans>> Allows more accurate measurement of
what stu- dents know, it can provide valuable information about learning profiles
and prefer- ences.
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Learners- (2025/2026) Questions and
Answers (Verified)
1. What Is progress monitoring used for? ..Ans>> Monitoring Academic and
Behavior progress
2. What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? ..Ans>> Elementary
students. But it can be conducted effectively at any age.
3. CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) ..Ans>> 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.
4. What is the major difference between Tier 2 and 3 of support in MTSS
..Ans>> 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 opportuni-
ties.
mailto:https://www.stuvia.com/user/Wisdoms
, 5. Tier 3 level of support ..Ans>> --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.
6. Tier 2 level of support ..Ans>> --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted
areas of need)
7. Tier 1 level of support ..Ans>> --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
8. What is one function of the home language survey for language students
..Ans>> -
Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
9. Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? ..Ans>> They
must be assessed with a valid and reliable assessment to determine if they qualify
for EL services
10. A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of students, what
should she do? ..Ans>> Reduce long delays between activities to hold students
attention
11. What type of differentiation is address in an IEP where a student need to
sit near the teacher in the first or second row? ..Ans>> Environment
12. What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class?
..Ans>> -
Adjust assignments to include student interest
13. What is a student able to do in Early Production? ..Ans>>
Basic vocab Know up to 1000 words
14. What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading
materials at different reading levels to students? ..Ans>> Content
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, 15. What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? ..Ans>> Practice
pronounc- ing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
16. Stages of Second Language Acquisition ..Ans>> 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
17. Explicit Instruction ..Ans>> An instructional strategy that emphasizes group
instruc- tion. The instruction offered should include a great deal of teacher-student
interac- tivity.
The teacher models the behaviors taught
18. Explicit instruction and implicit instruction ..Ans>> Two distinct methods of
providing instruction to diverse students and these are used for various student
groups depending on the functioning level and the subject area
19. Systematic Instruction ..Ans>> A carefully planned sequence for instruction,
similar to a builder's blueprint for a house. A blueprint is carefully thought out and
designed before building materials are gathered and construction begins. The plan
for in- struction that is systematic is carefully thought out, strategic, and designed
before activities and lessons are planned. Instruction is across the five components
(phone- mic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). For
systematic instruction, lessons build on previously taught information, from simple
to complex.
20. 3 characteristics of systematic instruction ..Ans>>
Goal based Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
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, 21. Progress Monitoring ..Ans>> 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.
22. Curriculum Based Measurement ..Ans>> Used to measure the growth of
student's proficiency in the core skills that contribute to success in school
23. Differentiated Instruction ..Ans>> 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.
24. Differentiated assessment ..Ans>> Allows more accurate measurement of
what stu- dents know, it can provide valuable information about learning profiles
and prefer- ences.
mailto:https://www.stuvia.com/user/Wisdoms
