WGU D184 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
By what other names is a focus statement known? - CORRECT ANSWER - big ideas
- enduring understandings
- objectives or subobjectives
- learning goals
- learning targets
What is the purpose of unpacking standards? - CORRECT ANSWER - designing instruction
and assessment
- to adequately measure proficiency for each student
Using the following standard, given an example focus statement and measurement topic:
Understands that the Sun supplies heat and light to Earth - CORRECT ANSWER FOCUS
STATEMENT
knows the relationship between the Sun and the Earth
MEASUREMENT TOPIC
the Sun and the Earth
What is declarative knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER students will UNDERSTAND facts,
ideas and information
ex: how many letters are in the English alphabet
What is procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER students will BE ABLE TO apply
skills, strategies, processes
ex: how many doors are in your house?
, In a standards-based assessment, what contains the important information from an unpacked standard
and is important enough to assess multiple times to determine student mastery? - CORRECT
ANSWER measurement topic
What are the three steps to writing focus statements? - CORRECT ANSWER 1- identify the
academic standard
2- unpack the standard
3- write focus statements
What are examples of wording that should be included when designing specifying goals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - make
- defend
- predict
- judge
- deduce
What are two important characteristics of learning goals? - CORRECT ANSWER - goal
specificity
- goal difficulty
in the classroom teachers are expected to transmit knowledge from the ____________ form to the
_____________ form - CORRECT ANSWER 1- procedural
2- declarative
How does automaticity relate to declarative and procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER
declarative knowledge is typically connected with automaticity- students have the ability to
recall facts. procedural knowledge takes time, may not be easily explained and is more hands on
What do learning targets do? - CORRECT ANSWER - provide an accurate guide for what
students need to learn on daily basis
- establish the criteria for what students need to demonstrate
- the expectations for each lesson
- compels all stakeholders to be aligned across similar grade levels and subject matter
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
By what other names is a focus statement known? - CORRECT ANSWER - big ideas
- enduring understandings
- objectives or subobjectives
- learning goals
- learning targets
What is the purpose of unpacking standards? - CORRECT ANSWER - designing instruction
and assessment
- to adequately measure proficiency for each student
Using the following standard, given an example focus statement and measurement topic:
Understands that the Sun supplies heat and light to Earth - CORRECT ANSWER FOCUS
STATEMENT
knows the relationship between the Sun and the Earth
MEASUREMENT TOPIC
the Sun and the Earth
What is declarative knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER students will UNDERSTAND facts,
ideas and information
ex: how many letters are in the English alphabet
What is procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER students will BE ABLE TO apply
skills, strategies, processes
ex: how many doors are in your house?
, In a standards-based assessment, what contains the important information from an unpacked standard
and is important enough to assess multiple times to determine student mastery? - CORRECT
ANSWER measurement topic
What are the three steps to writing focus statements? - CORRECT ANSWER 1- identify the
academic standard
2- unpack the standard
3- write focus statements
What are examples of wording that should be included when designing specifying goals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - make
- defend
- predict
- judge
- deduce
What are two important characteristics of learning goals? - CORRECT ANSWER - goal
specificity
- goal difficulty
in the classroom teachers are expected to transmit knowledge from the ____________ form to the
_____________ form - CORRECT ANSWER 1- procedural
2- declarative
How does automaticity relate to declarative and procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWER
declarative knowledge is typically connected with automaticity- students have the ability to
recall facts. procedural knowledge takes time, may not be easily explained and is more hands on
What do learning targets do? - CORRECT ANSWER - provide an accurate guide for what
students need to learn on daily basis
- establish the criteria for what students need to demonstrate
- the expectations for each lesson
- compels all stakeholders to be aligned across similar grade levels and subject matter
