Introduction to Curriculum, Instruction,
and Assessment D091 WGU ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Curriculum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The knowledge and skills students are to learn
Instruction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The way concepts, knowledge, and skills are
transferred from teachers to students
Assessments - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The method by which teachers determine whether
the information in a course of study has been adequately learned by students
Analyze the way curriculum, instruction, and assessment work together in a teacher's
classroom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Curriculum, instruction, and assessment are
interrelated in every classroom. Curriculum is the information that is to be learned by
students; curriculum is often guided by school, district, and state standards and requirements.
With curriculum as the guiding principle, teachers decide how best to present that
information. Instruction comprises the methods, strategies, and activities used to teach the
curriculum. Finally, assessment can be used at different times in the educational process—
during instruction to understand how students are responding to the instruction and after
instruction to measure how well students achieved the learning goals and objectives.
Teachers use the information learned in the assessment process to make instructional and
curricular decisions.
Which major educational concern arose in the 1983 report A nation at Risk? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅American schools are failing
Which educational effects are results of the increased role of high-stakes testing in U.S.
schools? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Physical education class time has been reduced.
The focus on math reading curricula has increased.
Test scores have risen.
, The focus is on preparing students to improve the world in which they live. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Society-centered ideology
The focus is on a canon of academic learning that is vital for all students to learn. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Knowledge-centered ideology
Learning environment encourages exploration and curiosity among students. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Learner-centered ideology
Students who are learned in a broad range of disciplines are well prepared for life. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Knowledge-centered Ideology
The goal of education is to make students good citizens. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Society-centered Ideology
The teacher facilitates a student-led learning experience. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Learner-centered Ideology
A central belief of the progressive curriculum is that the teacher is the center of the classroom
and the learning process. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In the progressive curriculum, the
role of the teacher is to provide a rich learning environment and guide students as they
engage in their learning.
What is an important distinction between the requirements of ESSA and the NCLB Act -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ESSA gave states more freedom to set goals and accountability.
Although it provided guidelines, ESSA allowed states to set their own goals for
accountability for students, schools, and teachers.
What is the goal of reflective teaching? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅To inform teaching
practices in an effort to improve learning.
and Assessment D091 WGU ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Curriculum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The knowledge and skills students are to learn
Instruction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The way concepts, knowledge, and skills are
transferred from teachers to students
Assessments - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The method by which teachers determine whether
the information in a course of study has been adequately learned by students
Analyze the way curriculum, instruction, and assessment work together in a teacher's
classroom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Curriculum, instruction, and assessment are
interrelated in every classroom. Curriculum is the information that is to be learned by
students; curriculum is often guided by school, district, and state standards and requirements.
With curriculum as the guiding principle, teachers decide how best to present that
information. Instruction comprises the methods, strategies, and activities used to teach the
curriculum. Finally, assessment can be used at different times in the educational process—
during instruction to understand how students are responding to the instruction and after
instruction to measure how well students achieved the learning goals and objectives.
Teachers use the information learned in the assessment process to make instructional and
curricular decisions.
Which major educational concern arose in the 1983 report A nation at Risk? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅American schools are failing
Which educational effects are results of the increased role of high-stakes testing in U.S.
schools? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Physical education class time has been reduced.
The focus on math reading curricula has increased.
Test scores have risen.
, The focus is on preparing students to improve the world in which they live. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Society-centered ideology
The focus is on a canon of academic learning that is vital for all students to learn. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Knowledge-centered ideology
Learning environment encourages exploration and curiosity among students. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Learner-centered ideology
Students who are learned in a broad range of disciplines are well prepared for life. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Knowledge-centered Ideology
The goal of education is to make students good citizens. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Society-centered Ideology
The teacher facilitates a student-led learning experience. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Learner-centered Ideology
A central belief of the progressive curriculum is that the teacher is the center of the classroom
and the learning process. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In the progressive curriculum, the
role of the teacher is to provide a rich learning environment and guide students as they
engage in their learning.
What is an important distinction between the requirements of ESSA and the NCLB Act -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ESSA gave states more freedom to set goals and accountability.
Although it provided guidelines, ESSA allowed states to set their own goals for
accountability for students, schools, and teachers.
What is the goal of reflective teaching? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅To inform teaching
practices in an effort to improve learning.
