WGU D096 FUNDAMENTALS OF
DIVERSE LEARNERS REVIEW SHEET
2026 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ What is a student able to do in Early Production? Answer: Basic
vocab
Know up to 1000 words
◉ What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading
materials at different reading levels to students? Answer: Content
◉ What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? Answer:
Practice pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
◉ Stages of Second Language Acquisition Answer: 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
◉ Explicit Instruction Answer: An instructional strategy that emphasizes
group instruction. The instruction offered should include a great deal of
teacher-student interactivity.
The teacher models the behaviors taught
, ◉ Explicit instruction and implicit instruction Answer: 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
◉ Systematic Instruction Answer: 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 instruction that is
systematic is carefully thought out, strategic, and designed before
activities and lessons are planned. Instruction is across the five
components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension). For systematic instruction, lessons build on previously
taught information, from simple to complex.
◉ 3 characteristics of systematic instruction Answer: Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
◉ 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.
DIVERSE LEARNERS REVIEW SHEET
2026 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ What is a student able to do in Early Production? Answer: Basic
vocab
Know up to 1000 words
◉ What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading
materials at different reading levels to students? Answer: Content
◉ What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? Answer:
Practice pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
◉ Stages of Second Language Acquisition Answer: 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
◉ Explicit Instruction Answer: An instructional strategy that emphasizes
group instruction. The instruction offered should include a great deal of
teacher-student interactivity.
The teacher models the behaviors taught
, ◉ Explicit instruction and implicit instruction Answer: 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
◉ Systematic Instruction Answer: 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 instruction that is
systematic is carefully thought out, strategic, and designed before
activities and lessons are planned. Instruction is across the five
components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension). For systematic instruction, lessons build on previously
taught information, from simple to complex.
◉ 3 characteristics of systematic instruction Answer: Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
◉ 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.
