WGU D096 LATEST QUESTION &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100- CORRECT
2025/2026
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.
Differentiated assessment - ANSWER/Allows more accurate measurement of what
students know, it can provide valuable information about learning profiles and
preferences.
Speech Emergence - ANSWER/Continues gaining vocabulary, communicates using
words with high semantic context, nouns, verbs, and adjectives, understands more than
they can communicate, more effectively in face-to-face interactions.
knows up to 3000 words
Co-teaching - ANSWER/In co-teaching arrangements, two or more teachers teach
together in the same classroom where students benefit from each teacher's specialty
(e.g., a regular and a special education teacher working with regular students and
students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments).
Acculturation - ANSWER/The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one
group under the influence of another.
Retention - ANSWER/Refers to the ability to keep aspects of ones culture, while
adjusting to a new culture
The most common issue with implementing co-teaching effectively in school? -
ANSWER/Lack of planning time
Team Teaching - ANSWER/Teachers share the responsibility for two or more classes,
dividing up the subject areas between them.
Only 1 teacher speaks at a time
Collaborative teaching - ANSWER/General Ed and Special Ed teachers working
together to meet the needs of special needs
students
,Alternative co-teaching - ANSWER/Allows a teacher to specifically target the
terminology or concept, before moving on to the next portion of class time, i.e. lab work
, 2 ways teachers can intentionally lessen implicit biases in the classroom - ANSWER/1.
Make connections with people from cultures other than their own
2. Model how to talk about culture and diversity in a positive and transformative way
Implicit bias - ANSWER/A hidden, automatic attitude that may guide behaviors
independent of a person's awareness or control
Assimilation - ANSWER/The social process of absorbing one cultural group into
harmony with another
Cultural Transition - ANSWER/Individuals entering a new culture and the natural
changes that take place within that transition.
Formative Assessment - ANSWER/Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson
and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
4 characteristics of feedback for students - ANSWER/Timely
Respectful
Constructive
Goal-Oriented
Scaffolding - ANSWER/Adjusting the support offered during a teaching session to fit the
child's current level of performance
It is an important part of systematic instruction
Which instructional strategy should a teacher use to begin a lesson when unsure about
how much students already know? - ANSWER/Build students background knowledge
Differentiation - ANSWER/Involves adapting instruction to meet the needs of each
learner
Task analysis - ANSWER/The process of breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors
into smaller, teachable units; also refers to the results of this process.
Systematic Instruction - ANSWER/Teaching that involves instructional prompts,
consequences, or reinforcement, for performance, and transfer of stimulus control. It is
usually used with individuals in SPED
Why would a teacher use visual cues, timers, and checklists for students with ADHD
and those who are easily frustrated or distracted? - ANSWER/Because the teacher
knows some students behaviors are due to a disability or boredom in the classroom
Equity - ANSWER/The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal
treatment; something that is fair
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100- CORRECT
2025/2026
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.
Differentiated assessment - ANSWER/Allows more accurate measurement of what
students know, it can provide valuable information about learning profiles and
preferences.
Speech Emergence - ANSWER/Continues gaining vocabulary, communicates using
words with high semantic context, nouns, verbs, and adjectives, understands more than
they can communicate, more effectively in face-to-face interactions.
knows up to 3000 words
Co-teaching - ANSWER/In co-teaching arrangements, two or more teachers teach
together in the same classroom where students benefit from each teacher's specialty
(e.g., a regular and a special education teacher working with regular students and
students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments).
Acculturation - ANSWER/The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one
group under the influence of another.
Retention - ANSWER/Refers to the ability to keep aspects of ones culture, while
adjusting to a new culture
The most common issue with implementing co-teaching effectively in school? -
ANSWER/Lack of planning time
Team Teaching - ANSWER/Teachers share the responsibility for two or more classes,
dividing up the subject areas between them.
Only 1 teacher speaks at a time
Collaborative teaching - ANSWER/General Ed and Special Ed teachers working
together to meet the needs of special needs
students
,Alternative co-teaching - ANSWER/Allows a teacher to specifically target the
terminology or concept, before moving on to the next portion of class time, i.e. lab work
, 2 ways teachers can intentionally lessen implicit biases in the classroom - ANSWER/1.
Make connections with people from cultures other than their own
2. Model how to talk about culture and diversity in a positive and transformative way
Implicit bias - ANSWER/A hidden, automatic attitude that may guide behaviors
independent of a person's awareness or control
Assimilation - ANSWER/The social process of absorbing one cultural group into
harmony with another
Cultural Transition - ANSWER/Individuals entering a new culture and the natural
changes that take place within that transition.
Formative Assessment - ANSWER/Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson
and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
4 characteristics of feedback for students - ANSWER/Timely
Respectful
Constructive
Goal-Oriented
Scaffolding - ANSWER/Adjusting the support offered during a teaching session to fit the
child's current level of performance
It is an important part of systematic instruction
Which instructional strategy should a teacher use to begin a lesson when unsure about
how much students already know? - ANSWER/Build students background knowledge
Differentiation - ANSWER/Involves adapting instruction to meet the needs of each
learner
Task analysis - ANSWER/The process of breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors
into smaller, teachable units; also refers to the results of this process.
Systematic Instruction - ANSWER/Teaching that involves instructional prompts,
consequences, or reinforcement, for performance, and transfer of stimulus control. It is
usually used with individuals in SPED
Why would a teacher use visual cues, timers, and checklists for students with ADHD
and those who are easily frustrated or distracted? - ANSWER/Because the teacher
knows some students behaviors are due to a disability or boredom in the classroom
Equity - ANSWER/The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal
treatment; something that is fair
