WGU C109 - Module 7 Mathematics Assessment
questions with verified answers
A sixth-grade teacher is teaching how to solve the following equations:
10 = 3x - 5
(x + 2) = 30 Ans✓✓✓-2(x - 4) = 20
Correct! The objective of the lesson is to solve a two-step equation. The
assessment must align with the objective and this equation matches the
equations students have been practicing. The equation x + 5 = 10 - x extends this
lesson by providing variables on either side of the equation and does not align
with the objective. The equation -2x + 2 = 10 would require students to divide by
a negative coefficient, which has not been introduced in the given equations. And
the equation 10 - 1.5x = 20 involves operations with decimals and that, too, has
not been introduced.
After completing probability experiments, students displayed their results in a
circle graph.
How can a teacher incorporate an observational assessment into this lesson?
Ans✓✓✓-Take short narrative-style notes on a card to record student
understanding while circulating through the class and use that data to modify the
lesson.
After having your students analyze the high temperatures from July over several
years, you ask them to create a histogram to represent their data.
, How can you incorporate observational assessment into this lesson? Ans✓✓✓-
Create a card for each student to write specific learning objectives and take notes
about student understanding while walking around the classroom. You can then
use this information to modify the lesson.
All rubrics will have performance indicators. Which of the following is not an
important element of performance indicators? Ans✓✓✓-They should focus on
the number of correct responses from the student.
Correct! This is not something that performance indicators in rubrics should focus
on. When you focus on the number of correct or incorrect responses, students
will likely focus only on how many they can get right and wrong in order to pass,
instead of on improving their overall performance by targeting their knowledge
and performance gaps. As an example, being a student at WGU, the pre-
assessment for your courses is designed to help you know what your knowledge
gaps are so that you can fill them in.
As a teacher you will want to use a variety of assessments depending on what you
are trying to assess.+
Mark which assessment form you would want to use to meet the specific
purposes listed in the left column.
Diagnostic Interviews, Observations, Tests, or Self-Assessments
This is a way to gather less visible information over a longer period of time.
Ans✓✓✓-Observations
As a teacher you will want to use a variety of assessments depending on what you
are trying to assess.+
questions with verified answers
A sixth-grade teacher is teaching how to solve the following equations:
10 = 3x - 5
(x + 2) = 30 Ans✓✓✓-2(x - 4) = 20
Correct! The objective of the lesson is to solve a two-step equation. The
assessment must align with the objective and this equation matches the
equations students have been practicing. The equation x + 5 = 10 - x extends this
lesson by providing variables on either side of the equation and does not align
with the objective. The equation -2x + 2 = 10 would require students to divide by
a negative coefficient, which has not been introduced in the given equations. And
the equation 10 - 1.5x = 20 involves operations with decimals and that, too, has
not been introduced.
After completing probability experiments, students displayed their results in a
circle graph.
How can a teacher incorporate an observational assessment into this lesson?
Ans✓✓✓-Take short narrative-style notes on a card to record student
understanding while circulating through the class and use that data to modify the
lesson.
After having your students analyze the high temperatures from July over several
years, you ask them to create a histogram to represent their data.
, How can you incorporate observational assessment into this lesson? Ans✓✓✓-
Create a card for each student to write specific learning objectives and take notes
about student understanding while walking around the classroom. You can then
use this information to modify the lesson.
All rubrics will have performance indicators. Which of the following is not an
important element of performance indicators? Ans✓✓✓-They should focus on
the number of correct responses from the student.
Correct! This is not something that performance indicators in rubrics should focus
on. When you focus on the number of correct or incorrect responses, students
will likely focus only on how many they can get right and wrong in order to pass,
instead of on improving their overall performance by targeting their knowledge
and performance gaps. As an example, being a student at WGU, the pre-
assessment for your courses is designed to help you know what your knowledge
gaps are so that you can fill them in.
As a teacher you will want to use a variety of assessments depending on what you
are trying to assess.+
Mark which assessment form you would want to use to meet the specific
purposes listed in the left column.
Diagnostic Interviews, Observations, Tests, or Self-Assessments
This is a way to gather less visible information over a longer period of time.
Ans✓✓✓-Observations
As a teacher you will want to use a variety of assessments depending on what you
are trying to assess.+
