FUNDAMENTALS OF DIVERSE
LEARNERS-WGU D096 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What Is progress monitoring used for? - ANS Monitoring Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - ANS Elementary students. But it can be
conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS --Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier 1).
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,This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - ANS --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted areas of
need)
Tier 1 level of support - ANS --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students - ANS Determines
the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? - ANS Adjust
assignments to include student interest
What is a student able to do in Early Production? - ANS Basic vocab
Know up to 1000 words
What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading materials at different
reading levels to students? - ANS Content
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, What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - ANS Practice pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
Stages of Second Language Acquisition - ANS 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
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LEARNERS-WGU D096 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What Is progress monitoring used for? - ANS Monitoring Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - ANS Elementary students. But it can be
conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS --Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier 1).
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
,This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - ANS --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted areas of
need)
Tier 1 level of support - ANS --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students - ANS Determines
the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? - ANS Adjust
assignments to include student interest
What is a student able to do in Early Production? - ANS Basic vocab
Know up to 1000 words
What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading materials at different
reading levels to students? - ANS Content
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - ANS Practice pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
Stages of Second Language Acquisition - ANS 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
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