WGU D307 Objective Assessment Prep Version 2 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Educational Psychology and Human Development of Children and Adolescents | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

WGU D307 Objective Assessment Prep

Version 2 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update)

Educational Psychology and Human

Development of Children and Adolescents |

Questions and Verified Answers| 100%

Correct| Grade A

Q: The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.

Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to practice

learning to spell correctly.

Match the instructional activity with the appropriate learning theory.

The students are given three different ways they can complete their spelling homework: (1) write

the words five times daily, (2) practice writing the words at home using shaving cream and have

their parents email a picture of the work to the teacher, or (3) work in pairs spelling words orally

to each other during spelling time.

Constructivism

Behavioral Learning Theory

Answer:

Constructivism

Q: The learning context is a third-grade class with 22 students. The subject is spelling.

Depending on the learning theory a teacher ascribes to, there are numerous ways to practice

learning to spell correctly.

Match the instructional activity with the appropriate learning theory.

The students are to write each spelling word five times each day.

Constructivism

Behavioral Learning Theory

Answer:

Behavioral Learning Theory

Q: Classify each assessment strategy as "supportive" or "not supportive" based on the given

student's learning profile. A student with a writing disability dictates his answers on a midterm

examination.

Answer:

supportive

Q: Classify each assessment strategy as "supportive" or "not supportive"

A student with advanced technology skills completes an assessment in a graphic design course

using a paper and pencil test.

Answer:

not supportive

Q: Classify each assessment strategy as "supportive" or "not supportive"

A student with dyslexia reads a U.S. history test rather than having the test read to her.

Answer:

not supportive

Q: Classify each assessment strategy as "supportive" or "not supportive"

A verbally gifted student meets with a teacher to explain her understanding of the French

Revolution rather than taking a multiple-choice test.

Answer:

supportive

Q: A music teacher wants to assess the progress each student in the band has made from the

beginning to the end of the year. As part of this assessment, he records each band member

playing an individual piece of music at the end of every month.

Which kind of assessment strategy would be suitable, given the teacher's goal? Select all that

apply.

Standardized assessment

Criterion-referenced assessment

Objective assessment

Performance or authentic assessment

Answer:

Performance or authentic assessment

Criterion-referenced assessment

Q: True or False

Ms. Phan teaches first grade. At the beginning of mathematics, she gives each student a pencil

and piece of paper. She then projects a multistep subtraction problem for all of the students to

solve on their piece of paper while working quietly.

This is an effective strategy for this first-grade class.

Answer:

false

Q: There has been a debate about whether dual-language and other types of language

immersion programs are appropriate for kindergarten students. Many believe that kindergarten is

too young for a child to learn a second language, and that languages should not be introduced

until sixth grade.

Identify the language theory that supports teaching children a second language at a young age.

Describe why the theorist of that theory thinks it is appropriate for children to learn languages at

a young age.

Answer:

Children are born with the ability to learn language.He (Chomsky) believed individuals have a

language acquisition device (LAD)—an instinctive mental device that allows individuals to

acquire and produce language.He believed all languages include the same basic elements.The

LAD allows children to learn any language.He believed there was a critical period

(approximately birth to age eight) that a child is most able to learn a language, and after this age,

it is much more difficult to learn a language.