D293 Pre-Assessment Guide: Key Details and Subject Overview | WGU

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D293 / D 293 PRE - ASSESSMENT, OBJECTIVE

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An individual has been hired to train an organization's

administrative staff to use a new automated scheduling system.

The training runs for three days. The individual wants to know the

progress of each participant at the end of the first day and use

that information to plan the second day's instruction.

.....ANSWER.....Formative

An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical health course to

college students. At the beginning of the course, each student

performs a complex clinical procedure while being recorded. At

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the end of the course, students perform the same procedure while

being recorded. The students compare these performances and

reflect on how their ability to perform the complex procedure

has progressed. .....ANSWER.....Ipsative

The learning goal for a research foundations course is "Apply a

variety of approaches to identify and solve problems." The

summative assessment for the course involves applying these

approaches to a case study. Why would this authentic assessment

strategy be effective in measuring students' achievement of the

learning goal? .....ANSWER.....It requires students to apply

acquired knowledge to realistic situations.

A learning goal for a middle school music class unit is "Students

will create music using computer-based composition tools." After

the class spends several weeks practicing using the composition

tools, an instructor for the course assigns a project in which

students must compose an original song that is one minute long,

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incorporates at least two instruments, and includes a repeating

chorus. How would this competency-based assessment strategy

determine whether students met the learning goal?

.....ANSWER.....By providing an opportunity for students to

demonstrate their computer-based composition skills

The learning goal of a fifth-grade math unit is "Students will be

able to correctly identify place values from one to ten million." A

teacher for the course conducts informal checks for understanding

by asking students to complete exit tickets, submit self-reflections,

and share their responses using individual whiteboards. What is

the teacher's purpose in collecting this formative assessment

data? .....ANSWER.....To monitor student learning to guide

instruction

The learning goal for a fifth-grade language arts unit is

"Students will be able to use context clues to identify the

meanings of unfamiliar words." Using a traditional assessment

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strategy, how should an instructor determine if students met this

learning goal? .....ANSWER.....Have students complete a multiple-

choice vocabulary quiz at the end of each chapter

The learning goal for a sixth-grade language arts unit is

"Students will be able to compose various types of poetry."

Which competency-based assessment strategy would determine

whether students met the competency requirements for this

learning goal? .....ANSWER.....Creating a portfolio of poems the

students have written

In a nursing course, students examine body systems, including the

nervous system. The learning objective is "Interpret terms related

to the nervous system." An instructor for the course wants to

determine students' ability to interpret these terms accurately.

Which skill demonstration aligns with this learning objective?

.....ANSWER.....Matching nervous system elements on an image of

the human body