Fundamentals of Diverse Learners-
WGU D096 Questions with complete
solution 2026
What Is progress monitoring used for? - correct answer ✔Monitoring Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - correct answer ✔Elementary students. But it can
be conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔--Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier 1).
This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - correct answer ✔--Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted areas of need)
,Tier 1 level of support - correct answer ✔--Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students - correct answer
✔Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - correct answer ✔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? - correct
answer ✔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? - correct answer ✔Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? - correct answer ✔Adjust
assignments to include student interest
What is a student able to do in Early Production? - correct answer ✔Basic vocab
Know up to 1000 words
What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading materials at different reading
levels to students? - correct answer ✔Content
What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - correct answer ✔Practice pronouncing
words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
, Stages of Second Language Acquisition - correct answer ✔1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
Progress Monitoring - correct answer ✔Tests that keep the teacher informed about the child's
progress in learning to read during the school year. They are a quick sample of critical reading skills that
will tell the teacher if the child is making adequate progress toward grade level reading ability at the end
of the year.
WGU D096 Questions with complete
solution 2026
What Is progress monitoring used for? - correct answer ✔Monitoring Academic and Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - correct answer ✔Elementary students. But it can
be conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔--Intensive--
The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier 1).
This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focused.
Tier 2 level of support - correct answer ✔--Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted areas of need)
,Tier 1 level of support - correct answer ✔--Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students - correct answer
✔Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - correct answer ✔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? - correct
answer ✔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? - correct answer ✔Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? - correct answer ✔Adjust
assignments to include student interest
What is a student able to do in Early Production? - correct answer ✔Basic vocab
Know up to 1000 words
What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading materials at different reading
levels to students? - correct answer ✔Content
What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - correct answer ✔Practice pronouncing
words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
, Stages of Second Language Acquisition - correct answer ✔1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
Progress Monitoring - correct answer ✔Tests that keep the teacher informed about the child's
progress in learning to read during the school year. They are a quick sample of critical reading skills that
will tell the teacher if the child is making adequate progress toward grade level reading ability at the end
of the year.
