WGU ELO 1 Exam EXAM ELABORATIONS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED AN-
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1. proficiency test- what degree of accuracy tests are being performed
ing
ex: how well can they speak English
2. Achievement tests that measure what one has learned
Testing
3. Diagnostic Test- used to identify learners' strengths and weaknesses
ing
4. Placement Test- intended to provide information that will help to place a student at the stage or
ing place in a program most appropriate to the student's abilities
What level are they at, what class do they need
5. discrete point refers to testing one element at a time, item by item
testing
6. integrative test- combines many language elements in the completion of a task
ing
7. norm-referenced Tests where a student's performance is compared with a norm group, or a repre-
tests sentative sampling students similar to the student.
A person's score on a norm-referenced test describes how the student did in
relation to the norm group. Tests results are reported in such formats as standard
scores or percentiles.
Does not tell how well the student knows the language
8. Criterion Test classifies people by whether or not they can perform a task satisfactorily
9.
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Portfolio Assess- A collection of work that shows a learner's growth in proficiency, long-term achieve-
ment ment, and significant accomplishments in a given academic area.
10. Authentic Assess- evaluating student achievement or performance using activities that represent
ment classroom goals, curricula, and instruction or real-life performance
11. performance as- require students to construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate appli-
sessment cations of knowledge
12. Scaffolds contextual supports for meaning during instruction or assessment such as visual
displays, classified lists, or tables or graphs
13. valid test measures what it is designed to measure
14. cloze test A test of reading ability that requires a person to fill in missing words in a text.
15. communicative A way of teaching and practicing language which is based on the principle that
approach learning a language successfully involves communication rather than just memo-
rizing a series of rules.
Teachers try to focus on meaningful communication, rather than focusing on
accuracy and correcting mistakes.
16. Natural Ap- natural genuine learning situations where they use both conscious understanding
proach of a language and subconscious (take cues from visual and commands)
learn the language in real life
17. integrated learn- language -> skills -> content all together
ing activity
18. Content Based requires students to practice all the language skills in a highly integrated, commu-
Instruction nicative way while learning content
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1. proficiency test- what degree of accuracy tests are being performed
ing
ex: how well can they speak English
2. Achievement tests that measure what one has learned
Testing
3. Diagnostic Test- used to identify learners' strengths and weaknesses
ing
4. Placement Test- intended to provide information that will help to place a student at the stage or
ing place in a program most appropriate to the student's abilities
What level are they at, what class do they need
5. discrete point refers to testing one element at a time, item by item
testing
6. integrative test- combines many language elements in the completion of a task
ing
7. norm-referenced Tests where a student's performance is compared with a norm group, or a repre-
tests sentative sampling students similar to the student.
A person's score on a norm-referenced test describes how the student did in
relation to the norm group. Tests results are reported in such formats as standard
scores or percentiles.
Does not tell how well the student knows the language
8. Criterion Test classifies people by whether or not they can perform a task satisfactorily
9.
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Portfolio Assess- A collection of work that shows a learner's growth in proficiency, long-term achieve-
ment ment, and significant accomplishments in a given academic area.
10. Authentic Assess- evaluating student achievement or performance using activities that represent
ment classroom goals, curricula, and instruction or real-life performance
11. performance as- require students to construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate appli-
sessment cations of knowledge
12. Scaffolds contextual supports for meaning during instruction or assessment such as visual
displays, classified lists, or tables or graphs
13. valid test measures what it is designed to measure
14. cloze test A test of reading ability that requires a person to fill in missing words in a text.
15. communicative A way of teaching and practicing language which is based on the principle that
approach learning a language successfully involves communication rather than just memo-
rizing a series of rules.
Teachers try to focus on meaningful communication, rather than focusing on
accuracy and correcting mistakes.
16. Natural Ap- natural genuine learning situations where they use both conscious understanding
proach of a language and subconscious (take cues from visual and commands)
learn the language in real life
17. integrated learn- language -> skills -> content all together
ing activity
18. Content Based requires students to practice all the language skills in a highly integrated, commu-
Instruction nicative way while learning content
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