WGU D094 UNIT REVIEWS AND
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS EXAM
QUESTIONS & UPDATED CORRECT
ANSWERS
When recess is called, two boys slip on their hoodies, and a little concentration zip them
up. They then run onto the playground where they draw stick figures with chalk. What
physical development stage describes these students? - Correct Answer ✔✔ early
childhood
True or False, A second grade student tells his teacher that he is being bullied on the
playground by other children. The student is attempting to meet his physiological needs.
- Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the adolescence physical
development stage? - Correct Answer ✔✔ accelerated growth
A teacher asked children of different ages this question: "what would it be like if humans
had gills and lived underwater?" What is a characteristic of a children in the formal
operations stage? - Correct Answer ✔✔ We would have to invent waterproof paper to
write on
True or False, According to Vygotsky, a person learns best through his or her own
experiences - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, he believed that people learn best the help of
social interaction.
What is a characteristic would be consistent with a student in Piaget's preoperational
level of cognitive development? - Correct Answer ✔✔ pretending to be a cartoon
character
True or False, Gilligan theorized that women are more involved in the care of others
rather in the care of themselves - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Gilligan asserted that
without the voice of care would be virtually absent from the study of moral development
A 10-year-old student works hard to master multiplication so her teacher and peers will
be proud of her. Which of Erikson's stages is this student displaying? - Correct Answer
✔✔ industry vs inferiority
A third grade student wants his classmates to think he's "nice" so he always obeys the
classroom rules. According to Kohlberg, this student's sense of morality is at the
_________________________ level. - Correct Answer ✔✔ conventional
,What is an example that demonstrates Bandura's theory of observational learning and
modeling? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A new student sees a group of children kick a ball so
he joins them and does likewise. Bandura states children learn when they have the
opportunity to see a behavior modeled, observe, and then try it themselves. These
behaviors are reinforced through positive responses
What is an example of Skinner's operant conditioning theory of language development?
- Correct Answer ✔✔ A child raised without much human interaction learns to talk
without difficulty.
What is a characteristic typical of individuals in the telegraphic stage of language
development? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Using words that have meaning and serve a
purpose
What theorist's approach stated that language acquisition can be enhanced if paired
with a positive or rewarding outcome? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Skinner's operant
conditioning
True or False, Chomsky believed that humans are born with the ability to learn
language - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Chomsky said all are born with a "language
acquisition device," or function in the brain that helps them to learn language
True or False, Ms. Phan teaches first grade. At the beginning of mathematics, she gives
each student a pencil and piece of paper. She then projects a multistep subtraction
problem for all of the students to solve on their piece of paper while working quietly. Is
this an effective strategy for this first-grade class? - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, because
most first-grade students are in the preoperational stage of development. They are able
to use symbols and images to represent ideas but are not yet able to complete concrete
operations
Dr. Williams, a tenth-grade social studies teacher, begins each week with an open
seminar. The students choose current events that they would like to discuss and are
given the opportunity to voice their opinions in a respectful way. Which learning theory
does this strategy align with? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Humanism because the theory of
development is student centered. Lessons are centered around the students and their
interests, and the teacher acts as a facilitator. With the open seminar, Dr. Williams
allows the students to choose the topics and share their opinions. It is student centered,
as he steps back and becomes the facilitator.
Which theories postulate that intelligence consists of numerous factors rather than a
single entity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Gardner's multiple intelligence theory and
Thurstone's theory of the primary mental abilities
True or False, according to Skinner's operant conditioning model, both positive and
negative reinforcement increase the likelihood of the desired behavior appearing again
, in the future. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Positive reinforcement increases the likelihood
of the desired behavior appearing again in the future by providing a reward. Negative
reinforcement increases the likelihood of the desired behavior appearing again in the
future by removing an unwanted or unpleasant consequence.
What is the concept of metacognition? - Correct Answer ✔✔ how you think/know
Which theory of learning most closely aligns with cooperative and collaborative
learning? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Constructivism
Which theory of learning most closely aligns with direct instruction? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Behaviorism
A teacher asks students, "Who was the first person to walk on the moon?" Which level
of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy is the teacher asking students to use? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Remembering
True or False, a teacher who wants to measure the progress of the entire class as a
whole should use a norm-referenced assessment. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, norm-
referenced assessment measures only the relative performance of individuals within a
class, not the progress of the entire class as a whole. If the teacher wanted to measure
the performance of an entire class of students, a better choice would be a teacher-
created criterion-referenced assessment.
True or False, before beginning a lesson on the three branches of government, a social
studies teacher wants to find out how much his or her students already know about the
subject. This teacher should administer a diagnostic assessment. - Correct Answer ✔✔
True, Diagnostic assessments are a type of pretest designed to tell educators what
students know before beginning a unit of study. Diagnostic assessments are designed
to help teachers plan their instruction. Knowing what students already know prior to the
unit of study allows teachers to refine their teaching to target what students do not
know.
The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.
Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to
practice learning to spell correctly. write the words five times daily. Is this Behavioral
Learning Theory or Constructivism? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Behavioral Learning Theory,
having students write each spelling word five times each day is aligned with behavioral
theory, which states that learning is associated with direct practice of skills to be
mastered.
The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.
Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to
practice learning to spell correctly.The students are given three different ways they can
complete their spelling homework: (2) practice writing the words at home using shaving
cream and have their parents email a picture of the work to the teacher, or (3) work in
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS EXAM
QUESTIONS & UPDATED CORRECT
ANSWERS
When recess is called, two boys slip on their hoodies, and a little concentration zip them
up. They then run onto the playground where they draw stick figures with chalk. What
physical development stage describes these students? - Correct Answer ✔✔ early
childhood
True or False, A second grade student tells his teacher that he is being bullied on the
playground by other children. The student is attempting to meet his physiological needs.
- Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the adolescence physical
development stage? - Correct Answer ✔✔ accelerated growth
A teacher asked children of different ages this question: "what would it be like if humans
had gills and lived underwater?" What is a characteristic of a children in the formal
operations stage? - Correct Answer ✔✔ We would have to invent waterproof paper to
write on
True or False, According to Vygotsky, a person learns best through his or her own
experiences - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, he believed that people learn best the help of
social interaction.
What is a characteristic would be consistent with a student in Piaget's preoperational
level of cognitive development? - Correct Answer ✔✔ pretending to be a cartoon
character
True or False, Gilligan theorized that women are more involved in the care of others
rather in the care of themselves - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Gilligan asserted that
without the voice of care would be virtually absent from the study of moral development
A 10-year-old student works hard to master multiplication so her teacher and peers will
be proud of her. Which of Erikson's stages is this student displaying? - Correct Answer
✔✔ industry vs inferiority
A third grade student wants his classmates to think he's "nice" so he always obeys the
classroom rules. According to Kohlberg, this student's sense of morality is at the
_________________________ level. - Correct Answer ✔✔ conventional
,What is an example that demonstrates Bandura's theory of observational learning and
modeling? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A new student sees a group of children kick a ball so
he joins them and does likewise. Bandura states children learn when they have the
opportunity to see a behavior modeled, observe, and then try it themselves. These
behaviors are reinforced through positive responses
What is an example of Skinner's operant conditioning theory of language development?
- Correct Answer ✔✔ A child raised without much human interaction learns to talk
without difficulty.
What is a characteristic typical of individuals in the telegraphic stage of language
development? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Using words that have meaning and serve a
purpose
What theorist's approach stated that language acquisition can be enhanced if paired
with a positive or rewarding outcome? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Skinner's operant
conditioning
True or False, Chomsky believed that humans are born with the ability to learn
language - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Chomsky said all are born with a "language
acquisition device," or function in the brain that helps them to learn language
True or False, Ms. Phan teaches first grade. At the beginning of mathematics, she gives
each student a pencil and piece of paper. She then projects a multistep subtraction
problem for all of the students to solve on their piece of paper while working quietly. Is
this an effective strategy for this first-grade class? - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, because
most first-grade students are in the preoperational stage of development. They are able
to use symbols and images to represent ideas but are not yet able to complete concrete
operations
Dr. Williams, a tenth-grade social studies teacher, begins each week with an open
seminar. The students choose current events that they would like to discuss and are
given the opportunity to voice their opinions in a respectful way. Which learning theory
does this strategy align with? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Humanism because the theory of
development is student centered. Lessons are centered around the students and their
interests, and the teacher acts as a facilitator. With the open seminar, Dr. Williams
allows the students to choose the topics and share their opinions. It is student centered,
as he steps back and becomes the facilitator.
Which theories postulate that intelligence consists of numerous factors rather than a
single entity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Gardner's multiple intelligence theory and
Thurstone's theory of the primary mental abilities
True or False, according to Skinner's operant conditioning model, both positive and
negative reinforcement increase the likelihood of the desired behavior appearing again
, in the future. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True, Positive reinforcement increases the likelihood
of the desired behavior appearing again in the future by providing a reward. Negative
reinforcement increases the likelihood of the desired behavior appearing again in the
future by removing an unwanted or unpleasant consequence.
What is the concept of metacognition? - Correct Answer ✔✔ how you think/know
Which theory of learning most closely aligns with cooperative and collaborative
learning? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Constructivism
Which theory of learning most closely aligns with direct instruction? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Behaviorism
A teacher asks students, "Who was the first person to walk on the moon?" Which level
of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy is the teacher asking students to use? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Remembering
True or False, a teacher who wants to measure the progress of the entire class as a
whole should use a norm-referenced assessment. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False, norm-
referenced assessment measures only the relative performance of individuals within a
class, not the progress of the entire class as a whole. If the teacher wanted to measure
the performance of an entire class of students, a better choice would be a teacher-
created criterion-referenced assessment.
True or False, before beginning a lesson on the three branches of government, a social
studies teacher wants to find out how much his or her students already know about the
subject. This teacher should administer a diagnostic assessment. - Correct Answer ✔✔
True, Diagnostic assessments are a type of pretest designed to tell educators what
students know before beginning a unit of study. Diagnostic assessments are designed
to help teachers plan their instruction. Knowing what students already know prior to the
unit of study allows teachers to refine their teaching to target what students do not
know.
The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.
Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to
practice learning to spell correctly. write the words five times daily. Is this Behavioral
Learning Theory or Constructivism? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Behavioral Learning Theory,
having students write each spelling word five times each day is aligned with behavioral
theory, which states that learning is associated with direct practice of skills to be
mastered.
The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.
Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to
practice learning to spell correctly.The students are given three different ways they can
complete their spelling homework: (2) practice writing the words at home using shaving
cream and have their parents email a picture of the work to the teacher, or (3) work in
