WGU D658 course planning tool quiz

What is differentiation?

A teaching philosophy that emphasizes the unique needs of each student

Which term represents an accurate characterization of differentiation?

Dynamic

A teacher wants to differentiate instruction by students' readiness.

Which strategy aligns with this goal?

Student scaffolding

Which accommodation is appropriate for a student who is gifted and talented?

Acceleration opportunities

A teacher is considering possible ways to help a student who is learning English as a second

language.

Which adaptation is appropriate for the teacher to make for this student?

Permit the use of a bilingual dictionary for formative assessments

Which accommodation is appropriate for a student who has ADHD?

Breaking down tasks

How should personal assets be integrated in a culturally responsive teaching approach?

By understanding and respecting students' worldviews

How should a teacher recognize and include community assets in culturally responsive

pedagogy?

By utilizing local historical sites

Which benefit results from incorporating cultural assets into teaching as part of culturally

responsive pedagogy?

Better understanding of other perspectives

Consider the following objective: Given a diagram of an animal cell, the student labels at least

80% of the components correctly.

Which standard is in alignment?

Describe and locate the components of an animal cell.

A teacher is using the standard,"Write a research paper with properly cited sources."

Which objective is appropriately aligned with this standard?

Write a 5-8 page research paper for an assigned topic, correctly citing at least four

academic sources.

Consider the following objective: Given a major division of the nervous system, the student can

identify its function 80% of the time.

Which standard is in alignment?

Distinguish among the various divisions of the nervous system.

A teacher wants to use an active learning strategy to teach a lesson about the objective,"Given

a real-world scenario, write and graph a linear equation with 80% accuracy."

Which method is appropriate?

Have students work with partners to identify contextual information

A teacher wants to develop a cooperative learning approach to cover the standard,"Apply

various psychoanalytic perspectives to explain given behaviors."

Which method should the teacher choose?

Peer teaching

A teacher is given the following standard: Describe the shared characteristics of mammals. The

teacher wants to choose a direct instruction strategy to address the standard.

Which instructional strategy should be used to efficiently introduce new information to cover

this standard?

Deliver a well planned and organized lecture about mammals

Which area is emphasized with behaviorism?

Passive and external learning

What are some of the instructional methods associated with connectivism?

Self-directed quests and collaborative creation

A teacher used progressive tasks to help students move from a simple understanding of lesson

material to a creative and complex use of concepts applied to real-world scenarios.

What is the theory that informs this strategy?

Bloom's taxonomy framework

A teacher is covering a unit about fraction arithmetic. The current topic within the unit is

fraction reduction, and the teacher wants to assess how well students are learning this concept.

Which type of assessment is appropriate for this purpose?

An observation of student groups working on reducing a fraction

The students in a language arts class just finished a unit about a classic book. The teacher wants

to assess student proficiency for the unit.

What is an appropriate type of assessment for this purpose?

A paper analyzing the ending of the book

The teacher of a chemistry class is covering atomic mass as part of a unit about basic atomic

properties. At this point during the unit, the teacher wants to assess student understanding of

atomic mass.

Which type of assessment is appropriate for this purpose?

A knowledge check activity to match elements to atomic masses

A teacher is three days into a six-day unit and wants to use an assessment to monitor student

progress.

Which type of assessment is appropriate for this purpose?

An in-class survey

A teacher wants to assess students' learning of the content presented throughout an entire

semester.

Which type of assessment is appropriate for this purpose?

A standardized tes

A teacher is using the standard,"Describe major trends of the periodic table (ionization energy,

electronegativity, and atomic radius)."

Which objective is appropriately aligned with this standard?

Identify with 75% accuracy how atomic properties change for a given direction on

the periodic table.

What is one effective use of formative assessment data?

Determining how to adjust the pace of instruction

Which guideline helps ensure that formative assessment data is implemented effectively?

Engage students with self-assessment techniques