WGU D096 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
HOW MANY CATEGORIES DOES THE IDEA HAVE? - ANS 13
WHAT THE MOST COMMON LEARNING DISABILITY AMONG THE 13 CATEGORIES? -
ANS SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABLILITY
13 LEARING DISABLILITY - ANS 1. Autism spectrum disorder
2. Intellectual disability
3. Hearing impairment
4. Deafness
5. Speech or language impairment
6. Visual impairment (including blindness) 7. Emotional disturbance (including anxiety &
depression)
8. Orthopedic impairment
9. Traumatic brain injury
10. Other health impairments (including ADHD)
11. Specific learning disability (dyslexia, dysgraphia, auditory processing)
12. Deaf-blindness 13. Multiple disabilities
Preproduction Stage - ANS "silent period", minimal comprehension, draws, points, nods, no
verbalizing, know 500 words (0-6 months)
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, Early production - ANS limited comprehension, one-two word responses, key words,
present-tense verbs, know 1000 words, lots of listening (6 mo-1 year)
Speech Emergence - ANS good comprehension, produce simple sentences, grammar errors,
doesn't understand jokes, context clues/familiar topics (1-3 years)
Intermediate Fluency - ANS excellent comprehension, few grammatical errors,
communicating is fluent, higher-order thinking skills (3-5 years)
Advanced Fluency - ANS fluent in all contexts, near-native level of speech, comfortable
communicating, may still have accent (5-7 years)
Tier 1: CORE - ANS whole class instruction
Tier 2: Targeted - ANS Small group intervention is provided to students
Tier 3: Intensive - ANS geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focus
(the most intense)
Pullout - ANS students leaving the classroom to receive specialized instruction
Scaffoloding - ANS building on students experiences and knowledge as they are learning new
skills
Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition - ANS 5 hypotheses:
Acquisition-Learning hypothesis,
Monitor hypothesis,
Natural Order hypothesis,
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ANSWERS
HOW MANY CATEGORIES DOES THE IDEA HAVE? - ANS 13
WHAT THE MOST COMMON LEARNING DISABILITY AMONG THE 13 CATEGORIES? -
ANS SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABLILITY
13 LEARING DISABLILITY - ANS 1. Autism spectrum disorder
2. Intellectual disability
3. Hearing impairment
4. Deafness
5. Speech or language impairment
6. Visual impairment (including blindness) 7. Emotional disturbance (including anxiety &
depression)
8. Orthopedic impairment
9. Traumatic brain injury
10. Other health impairments (including ADHD)
11. Specific learning disability (dyslexia, dysgraphia, auditory processing)
12. Deaf-blindness 13. Multiple disabilities
Preproduction Stage - ANS "silent period", minimal comprehension, draws, points, nods, no
verbalizing, know 500 words (0-6 months)
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, Early production - ANS limited comprehension, one-two word responses, key words,
present-tense verbs, know 1000 words, lots of listening (6 mo-1 year)
Speech Emergence - ANS good comprehension, produce simple sentences, grammar errors,
doesn't understand jokes, context clues/familiar topics (1-3 years)
Intermediate Fluency - ANS excellent comprehension, few grammatical errors,
communicating is fluent, higher-order thinking skills (3-5 years)
Advanced Fluency - ANS fluent in all contexts, near-native level of speech, comfortable
communicating, may still have accent (5-7 years)
Tier 1: CORE - ANS whole class instruction
Tier 2: Targeted - ANS Small group intervention is provided to students
Tier 3: Intensive - ANS geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focus
(the most intense)
Pullout - ANS students leaving the classroom to receive specialized instruction
Scaffoloding - ANS building on students experiences and knowledge as they are learning new
skills
Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition - ANS 5 hypotheses:
Acquisition-Learning hypothesis,
Monitor hypothesis,
Natural Order hypothesis,
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