WGU D096 Fundamentals of Diverse Learners
Questions and Answers 2026
What Is progress monitoring used for? - Answer Monitoring Academic and
Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - Answer Elementary
students. But it can be conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support
( Targeted areas of need)
Tier 1 level of support - Answer --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students -
Answer Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - 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? - 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? - Answer Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? -
Answer Adjust assignments to include student interest
,What is a student able to do in Early Production? - 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? - Answer Content
What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - Answer Practice
pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
Stages of Second Language Acquisition - Answer 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
Progress Monitoring - 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.
Curriculum Based Measurement - Answer Used to measure the growth of
student's proficiency in the core skills that contribute to success in school
Differentiated Instruction - Answer Practice of individualizing instructional
methods, and possibly also individualizing specific content and instructional goals,
to align with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs.
Questions and Answers 2026
What Is progress monitoring used for? - Answer Monitoring Academic and
Behavior progress
What Age is progress monitoring usually used for? - Answer Elementary
students. But it can be conducted effectively at any age.
CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement) - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer --Targeted--
Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support
( Targeted areas of need)
Tier 1 level of support - Answer --Core--
Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies
What is one function of the home language survey for language students -
Answer Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? - 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? - 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? - Answer Environment
What curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? -
Answer Adjust assignments to include student interest
,What is a student able to do in Early Production? - 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? - Answer Content
What is a student able to do in the preproduction stage? - Answer Practice
pronouncing words
Basic vocab
Know up to 500 words
Stages of Second Language Acquisition - Answer 1. Preproduction
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced Fluency
Explicit Instruction - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Goal based
Supported and scaffolded
Logically sequenced
Progress Monitoring - 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.
Curriculum Based Measurement - Answer Used to measure the growth of
student's proficiency in the core skills that contribute to success in school
Differentiated Instruction - Answer Practice of individualizing instructional
methods, and possibly also individualizing specific content and instructional goals,
to align with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs.
