WGU IDC1 Study Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions
What is the purpose of a needs analysis? ✔✔To determine the actual needs before instruction takes
place.
When conducting a needs analysis, who would partic
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WGU IDC1 Study Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions
What is the purpose of a needs analysis? ✔✔To determine the actual needs before instruction takes
place.
When conducting a needs analysis, who would participate in focus group? ✔✔Anyone that has
any insight into the situation. Example: students, parents, teachers, principal, SME
4 components of complete goal statement ✔✔The learners
What learners will do in the performance context
The performance context where skills will be applied
The tools available to learners in the performance context
Why write goal statements? ✔✔Goal statements drive instruction. They guide the instructor in
selecting content, what instructional strategy would work best, and which assessment process will
fit best.
Why conduct a learner analysis? ✔✔Once you have identified the learner's characteristics, you
can design instruction that is best appropriate.
Assessment that measures entry level skills. ✔✔Entry Skills Test
Why measure prior knowledge ✔✔So the instructor can be aware of what knowledge the students
already have and if there are any misconceptions.
Assessment that measures prior knowledge ✔✔Pretest
What is a task analysis? ✔✔Analysis of the goal. It is the process of breaking down the goal into
each and every concept our learners need to know to be successful in reaching the goal. This
includes entry skills.
3 parts of performance objectives ✔✔Conditions, Behavior, Criterion
Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction ✔✔Gain attention
Inform learners of objectives
Stimulate recall of prior learning
Present the content
Provide "learning guidance"
Elicit performance (practice)
Provide feedback
Assess performance
Enhance retention and transfer to the job
What are generative topics? ✔✔Generative topics must be significant to the main idea/subject
area, connect to other subject areas and things that students are familiar with, be engaging for all,
and accessible through multiple resources. Example, using the topic of "grouping" to teach
multiplication and division
Keller's ARCS model of motivation ✔✔Attention
Relevance
Confidence
Satisfaction
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences ✔✔Linguistic intelligence ("word smart")
Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")
Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
Musical intelligence ("music smart")
Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")
What are criterion-based assessments? ✔✔Assessments that require students to complete
performance tasks to demonstrate mastery. Entry Skills Test, Pretest, Practice Tests, Posttest
What is Constructivism? ✔✔Theory that believes learners construct knowledge out of their own
experiences. Instruction involves supporting knowledge construction rather then communication
of knowledge.
Instructional Strategies of Constructivism ✔✔collaborative learning
field trips
problem-based learning
research project
What is cognitivism? ✔✔Theory that believes learning happens when information is stored in
memory in an organized, meaningful way. Information processing model.
Instructional strategies of cognitivism ✔✔explanations
demonstrations
illustrative examples
modeling
analogies
metaphor
mnemonics
links to prior knowledge
summaries
chunking information
concept mapping
outlining
What is behaviorism? ✔✔Theory that believes there must be a stimulus response to acquire
knowledge. Instruction utilizes consequences and reinforcement of learned behavior.
Instructional strategies of behaviorism ✔✔inst
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