WGU D184
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1. By what other names is a focus - big ideas
statement known? - enduring understandings
- objectives or subobjectives
- learning goals
- learning targets
2. What is the purpose of unpacking - designing instruction and assessment
standards? - to adequately measure proficiency for each student
3. Using the following standard, giv- FOCUS STATEMENT
en an example focus statement knows the relationship between the Sun and the Earth
and measurement topic:
MEASUREMENT TOPIC
Understands that the Sun sup- the Sun and the Earth
plies heat and light to Earth
4. What is declarative knowledge? students will UNDERSTAND facts, ideas and information
ex: how many letters are in the English alphabet
5. What is procedural knowledge? students will BE ABLE TO apply skills, strategies, process-
es
ex: how many doors are in your house?
6. In a standards-based assess- measurement topic
ment, what contains the impor-
tant information from an un-
packed standard and is important
enough to assess multiple times
to determine student mastery?
7. What are the three steps to writ-
ing focus statements?
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WGU D184
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1- identify the academic standard
2- unpack the standard
3- write focus statements
8. What are examples of wording - make
that should be included when de- - defend
signing specifying goals? - predict
- judge
- deduce
9. What are two important charac- - goal specificity
teristics of learning goals? - goal difficulty
10. in the classroom teachers are 1- procedural
expected to transmit knowledge 2- declarative
from the ____________ form to the
_____________ form
11. How does automaticity relate to declarative knowledge is typically connected with auto-
declarative and procedural knowl- maticity- students have the ability to recall facts. procedur-
edge? al knowledge takes time, may not be easily explained and
is more hands on
12. What do learning targets do? - provide an accurate guide for what students need to
learn on daily basis
- establish the criteria for what students need to demon-
strate
- the expectations for each lesson
- compels all stakeholders to be aligned across similar
grade levels and subject matter
- keep family members informed of expectations for their
students