WGU D293 Assessment and Instructional Design Objective
Assessment – Comprehensive Study Guide with Backward Design
Stages (Identify Desired Results, Determine Acceptable Evidence,
Plan Learning Experiences), Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels (Remember,
Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create), Cognitive and
Affective Domains, Authentic and Performance-Based Assessments,
Summative vs Formative Assessment, Learning Objectives
Alignment, Higher-Order Thinking Skills, Instructional Planning
Strategies, Real-World Application Tasks, Adult Learning
Assessment Design, and Exam Practice Questions Verified and
Provided with Complete A+ Graded Answers Latest Updated 2026
In a course for a human resources staff, the instructor wants to determine if learners can
evaluate employees and colleagues based on affective domain skills and abilities.
Which assessment is based on the affective domain?
Review data on use of paid time off, vacation, and sick leave days to determine likely
employee resilience.
Which domain includes knowing?
cognitive
What are the stages of backwards design
1. identify desired results
2. determine acceptable evidence
,3. plan learning experiences and instruction
Backwards Design; identify Desired Results Questions
What should participants hear, read, view, explore or otherwise encounter?
What knowledge and skills should participants master?
What are big ideas and important understandings participants should retain?
Which design process is an example of backward design?
Write learning goals based on what students need to learn, decide how that learning will be
measured, then choose activities to prepare students for success in those measurements.
In which stage of backward design does the instructor consider what will be acceptable and
accurate evidence of students meeting learning goals and objectives asking "how will I know"
students have met these goals and objectives?
stage 2
In a course that teaches academic literacy skills to adult learners without a high school
diploma, the instructor wants to assess students' ability to accurately summarize an assigned
reading
Write a paragraph that addresses the reading's key points.
A learning experience designer is asked to help an instructor design a summative assessment
for a lesson. The course design calls for the summative assessment to be at higher cognitive
, level based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and to employ either conceptual or procedural
knowledge dimension.
Which assessment activity is both at higher cognitive level and is also aligned to one of the
required knowledge dimensions?
Write a pedagogical analysis of a lesson plan and its steps by applying two of the five learning
theories learned in a unit.
In a certificate program for adults pursuing a career in business, learners must demonstrate
the ability to write an employee self-evaluation using a self-assessment rubric as well as to
submit a reflection describing the extent to which a potential raise or promotion provides
motivation for writing an honest self-evaluation.
Which two learning domains are being used in this authentic assessment? Choose 2 answers.
Cognitive and affective
In a medical course, the learner will be able to explain the clinical signs of obesity to a patient
in a treatment context by playing the role of a clinician in a scenario-based discussion post.
understand
In a guidance counseling course, the learner will be able to provide advice based on the
learner's own experience to high school seniors about choosing whether to attend college.
apply
In a woodworking course, the learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use three of
ten possible types of joints by building a bookcase, table, or storage chest
create
Assessment – Comprehensive Study Guide with Backward Design
Stages (Identify Desired Results, Determine Acceptable Evidence,
Plan Learning Experiences), Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels (Remember,
Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create), Cognitive and
Affective Domains, Authentic and Performance-Based Assessments,
Summative vs Formative Assessment, Learning Objectives
Alignment, Higher-Order Thinking Skills, Instructional Planning
Strategies, Real-World Application Tasks, Adult Learning
Assessment Design, and Exam Practice Questions Verified and
Provided with Complete A+ Graded Answers Latest Updated 2026
In a course for a human resources staff, the instructor wants to determine if learners can
evaluate employees and colleagues based on affective domain skills and abilities.
Which assessment is based on the affective domain?
Review data on use of paid time off, vacation, and sick leave days to determine likely
employee resilience.
Which domain includes knowing?
cognitive
What are the stages of backwards design
1. identify desired results
2. determine acceptable evidence
,3. plan learning experiences and instruction
Backwards Design; identify Desired Results Questions
What should participants hear, read, view, explore or otherwise encounter?
What knowledge and skills should participants master?
What are big ideas and important understandings participants should retain?
Which design process is an example of backward design?
Write learning goals based on what students need to learn, decide how that learning will be
measured, then choose activities to prepare students for success in those measurements.
In which stage of backward design does the instructor consider what will be acceptable and
accurate evidence of students meeting learning goals and objectives asking "how will I know"
students have met these goals and objectives?
stage 2
In a course that teaches academic literacy skills to adult learners without a high school
diploma, the instructor wants to assess students' ability to accurately summarize an assigned
reading
Write a paragraph that addresses the reading's key points.
A learning experience designer is asked to help an instructor design a summative assessment
for a lesson. The course design calls for the summative assessment to be at higher cognitive
, level based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and to employ either conceptual or procedural
knowledge dimension.
Which assessment activity is both at higher cognitive level and is also aligned to one of the
required knowledge dimensions?
Write a pedagogical analysis of a lesson plan and its steps by applying two of the five learning
theories learned in a unit.
In a certificate program for adults pursuing a career in business, learners must demonstrate
the ability to write an employee self-evaluation using a self-assessment rubric as well as to
submit a reflection describing the extent to which a potential raise or promotion provides
motivation for writing an honest self-evaluation.
Which two learning domains are being used in this authentic assessment? Choose 2 answers.
Cognitive and affective
In a medical course, the learner will be able to explain the clinical signs of obesity to a patient
in a treatment context by playing the role of a clinician in a scenario-based discussion post.
understand
In a guidance counseling course, the learner will be able to provide advice based on the
learner's own experience to high school seniors about choosing whether to attend college.
apply
In a woodworking course, the learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use three of
ten possible types of joints by building a bookcase, table, or storage chest
create
