WGU D096 Fundamentals of Diverse Learners Latest 2023 Graded A

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WGU D096 Fundamentals of Diverse Learners Latest 2023 Graded A What Is progress monitoring used for? What age is it used for? ✔✔-Monitoring Academic and Behavior progress -Elementary, but can ... done at any age CBM (Curriculum Based Measurement), what kind of info does it provide? What does it include? ✔✔-It provides immediate info about how the student is mastering skills being taught at the moment -Includes instruments or probes -Has a short sample from the curriculum -Includes items from across the curriculum to provide a representative indicator of the students skills Tier 3 level of support (MTSS) ✔✔--Intensive-- The most intensive level of support provided (in addition to tier 1). This intervention is geared toward skill growth and acquisition much more narrowly focused Tier 2 level of support (MTSS) ✔✔--Targeted-- Small group intervention provided to students in addition to tier 1 support ( Targeted areas of need) Tier 1 level of support (MTSS) ✔✔--Core-- Whole class instruction using evidence-based general education strategies What is the purpose of the at home language survey for students? ✔✔Determines the potential need for a language assistance program and if they are an EL Once students are ID'd as potential EL's what is the process? ✔✔They must be assessed to determine if they qualify for EL services What type of differentiation is address in an IEP where a student need to sit near the teacher in the first or second row? ✔✔Environment What 2 things should a student be able to do in Early Production? ✔✔Basic vocab Know up to 1000 words What differentiation method is a teacher using when offering reading materials at different reading levels to students? ✔✔Content What three things should a student be able to do in the preproduction stage? ✔✔Practice pronouncing words Basic vocab Know up to 500 words Name the 5 stages of second language acquisition ✔✔1. Preproduction 2. Early Production 3. Speech Emergence 4. Intermediate Fluency 5. Advanced Fluency Describe the explicit instructional strategy ✔✔-Emphasizes group instruction -The instruction offered should include a great deal of teacher-student interactivity -The teacher models the behaviors taught What is progress monitoring? ✔✔Quick sample of critical reading skills that will tell the teacher if the child is making adequate progress toward grade level reading ability at the end of the year What is curriculum based measurement? ✔✔Used to measure the growth of student's proficiency in the core skills that contribute to success in school Describe differentiated instruction ✔✔Practice of individualizing instructional methods, and possibly content and instructional goals, to align with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs Describe differentiated assessment ✔✔Allows more accurate measurement of what students know, it can provide valuable information about learning profiles and preferences. Describe the speech emergence stage of language acquisition, what is the childs skill level like? ✔✔-Continues gaining vocab -Communicates using words with high semantic context, nouns, verbs, and adjectives -Understands more than they can communicate, more effectively in face-to-face interactions -Knows up to 3000 words Describe co-teaching ✔✔In co-teaching arrangements, two or more teachers teach together in the same classroom where students benefit from each teacher's specialty (e.g., a regular and a special education teacher working with regular students and students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments). Define acculturation ✔✔The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another Define cultural retention ✔✔Refers to the ability to keep aspects of ones culture, while adjusting to a new culture What is the most common issue with implementing co-teaching effectively in school? ✔✔Lack of planning time Describe team teaching ✔✔-Teachers share the responsibility for two or more classes -Divide up the subject areas between them -Only 1 teacher speaks at a time Describe collaborative teaching ✔✔General Ed and Special Ed teachers working together to meet the needs of special needs students Describe alternative co-teaching ✔✔Allows a teacher to specifically target the terminology or concept, before moving on to the next portion of class time, i.e. lab work Define cultural assimilation ✔✔The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another Define formative Assessment ✔✔Assessment used throughout teaching of the lesson Name the 4 characteristics of effective feedback for students (TRCG) ✔✔Timely Respectful Constructive Goal-Oriented Define/describe scaffolding ✔✔-Adjusting the support offered during a teaching session to fit the child's current level of performance -An important part of systematic instruction Which instructional strategy should a teacher use to begin a lesson when unsure about how much students already know? ✔✔Build students background knowledge Define differentiation ✔✔Adapting instruction to meet the needs of each learner Define task analysis ✔✔The process of breaking a complex skill into teachable units also refers to the results of this process. What if systematic Instruction? ✔✔-Teaching that involves instructional prompts, consequences, or reinforcement, for performance, and transfer of stimulus control -It is usually used with individuals in SPED Goal based Supported and scaffolded Logically sequenced What could a teacher implement in class for an ADHD student who is easily frustrated or distracted? ✔✔Visual cues Timers Checklists What is the fundamental cultural purpose of language outside of communication? ✔✔Identity Students who practice their second language in academic settings learn the academic language faster. T/F? ✔✔True Who is responsible for creating assessments in a co-teaching classroom? ✔✔Both teachers What is a 504 Plan? Describe it ✔✔Accommodation plan for students with disabilities who don't qualify for special needs services -Does not require formal/detailed plan -Protects individuals w disability's from harassment -No age limit Title III provides what for EL students? ✔✔Equal access to resources and textbooks Title 3 addresses EL's and what other students? ✔✔Migrant children and youth Which ethnic group do a majority of second language learners represent? ✔✔Hispanic and Latino What accommodation should an EL student receive whether they have a disability or not? ✔✔Modified testing and requirements- due to EL status What law would apply to student with educational disabilities? ✔✔-IDEA -Title III What is the pullout program? ✔✔The student leaves the classroom to receive specialized instruction, can be beneficial to ELL and exceptional learners specifically What is a resource provided by section 504? ✔✔Accommodation and modification due to a disability Does a students medical diagnosis determine whether the student qualify for SPED and related services? ✔✔No A diagnosis is just one part of the evaluation process How do ELL learn best? ✔✔EL's learn best in classes where they can practice using English What does IEP stand for? ✔✔Individualized Education Program What does SEA stand for? ✔✔State Education Agency What does LEA stand for? ✔✔*Local Education Agency An Important and required team member of each students IEP team What is Manifestation Determination Review? ✔✔When behaviors occur, the IEP team must involve school administrators and parents in order to determine whether the misbehaviors is a manifestation of the student's disability, or whether it resulted from the school's failure to appropriately implement the IEP Repeated fighting with peers might be cause for what disciplinary action? SPED/IEP/504 students ✔✔Manifestation Determination Hearing What is inclusion? (in the context of a special needs child) ✔✔Educating a child with special education needs, in a full-time mainstream classroom. What is mainstreaming? (in the context of a special needs child) ✔✔Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings, with the support of professionals who provide special education services The team that writes IEP's or 504 plans must include..... ✔✔*Special ed teacher- they oversee the writing of the IEP's but the entire team is responsible for seeing that those plans are followed *Also included: Administrators, teachers, assistants, parents, therapist, psychologist Name two characteristics of an IEP ✔✔*Provides additional funding to states for eligible students *Limited to students with educational needs When co-teaching, BOTH teachers must take part in... ✔✔Planning instruction Define Flexible Paced learning ✔✔Faster students' are given the facility to compete extension tasks and it gives other students the opportunity to complete their exercise at a more comfortable speed A students supports and services are based on... ✔✔*His/Her unique needs, not the educational disability category specifically. *SPED qualification testing will provide a more in-depth understanding of the student's strength and needs MTSS stands for... What are the key elements of a MTSS? ✔✔Multi-Tiered System of Support -Universal screening -Progress monitoring -Data-Based decision-making -School-wide support -Family involvement Define Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) ✔✔Leveled or differentiated academic or behavior approaches to teaching and learning. ALL primary students have MTSS, some middle school, and fewer high school Define Out-of-level testing ✔✔Students in one grade level are assessed with tests that are designed for students in another grade level. Define Pre-Post performance based assessment ✔✔Tests learning over time instead of as an end result Define Product Based Assessment ✔✔Evaluates a students holistic understanding of learning through a specific outcome or project Define holistic ✔✔Dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts Do federal laws fund and regulate education for gifted and talented students? ✔✔No Programs and services supporting these students vary widely from state to state and even district to district. What is tiered instruction? ✔✔The teacher offers the same core content to each student but provides varying levels of support for students Formative evaluation takes place... ✔✔before or during instruction Helps FORM the lesson A student gets easily confused when completing complex tasks or answering multi part questions. What can the teacher do to provide a differentiated assessment? ✔✔Designing Tiered Activities Tier 1 Instruction ✔✔Encompasses whole-school quality, differentiated instruction, and support for all students. Tier 2 Instruction ✔✔Instruction in small group sessions that provide extra practice of targeted skills and content covered in Tier 1 Tier 3 Instruction ✔✔Highly intensive instruction matched to the individual needs of students who continue to struggle, despite instruction in Tier 2. Why is it difficult to assess gifted and talented students? ✔✔Students can be gifted and talented in many different ways Accommodation vs Modification ✔✔An accommodation changes how a student learns the material A modification changes what a student is taught or expected to learn Accommodation vs Assimilation ✔✔Accommodation: existing mental structures & behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences Assimilation: new ideas & experiences are absorbed & incorporated intro existing mental structures & behaviors 504 Plan is governed by what kind of law? ✔✔Civil Rights law What does an IEP cover ✔✔-Requires public schools to provide SPED to eligible students -Covers 13 specific disability categories -Not everyone who struggles in school qualifies Governing differences of IEP and 504 plan ✔✔-IEP governed by the Dept. of ED -504 plan governed by the US office of civil rights A class is given a reading assignment with words that EL's are not likely to know- how can the teacher help students understand? ✔✔pointing to pictures that depict the word (visual aid) What is Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) ✔✔Refers to formal academic learning Includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing Proficiency usually takes 5-7 years May take 7-10 years for ELLs to catch up to peers Describe the Sheltered/Structured immersion program ✔✔-Taught in only English -Simple vocab used -Mix of ELLS and English speakers Describe the Dual-immersion program ✔✔-Taught in English and another language -Goal is proficiency in BOTH languages -Works well with young students A teacher has a word wall with terms posted and asks students to write sentences using 2 words from the wall- What strategy is the teacher using? ✔✔Reinforcing language Krashen's 5 hypotheses are... ✔✔*Natural Order *Acquisition/ Learning *Monitor *Input *Affective Filter Describe Krashens Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis ✔✔-Most fundamental of the five hypotheses 2 main ways of developing communication, acquisition and learning acquisition: using the language learning: knowing about the language Describe Krashens Monitor Hypothesis ✔✔Learner is consciously monitoring and correcting spoken or written output Describe Krashens Natural Order Hypothesis ✔✔'we acquire the rules of language in a predictable order' Describe Krashens Input Hypothesis ✔✔Learners progress in their language when they can comprehend, "comprehensible input" Describe Krashens Affective Filter Hypothesis ✔✔a student's state of mind and emotional wellbeing can impact availability for language learning Define explicit Instruction ✔✔-An instructional strategy that emphasizes group instruction -Should include a great deal of teacher-student interactivity You model a new skill for your class, and then let them practice (first with partners and then on their own) while you provide feedback. This is an example of what teaching strategy? ✔✔Explicit instruction You allow your students to choose whether to complete a worksheet or a video journal, and you offer them a word bank and vocabulary chart if they need support. This is an example of what learning strategy? ✔✔Universal Design of learning Task analysis is an important part of systematic instruction and can help teachers sequence instruction. T/F? ✔✔True Define Universal Design for Learning ✔✔Preparing a lesson so that all students can access the info Cultural identity is linked to emotional and cognitive development and has an impact on educational success. T/F? ✔✔True Implementing equity pedagogy primarily aims to decrease... ✔✔Academic gaps If the general education teacher is unable to attend a student's IEP meeting, he or she must ... ✔✔Have documentation signed by the parents The principal notices that several required IEP meetings are not on the school calendar, and classroom teachers are not aware of the meetings. Whom should the principal communicate with to ensure IEP meetings are properly scheduled? ✔✔Special Education Director Paraprofessional help students with... ✔✔-personal care -physical needs -understanding and following directions given by the teacher A teacher gives English learner (EL) students story maps, a Venn diagram, and a cause-andeffect sheet to use when expressing comprehension of colonization. Which term identifies these resources? ✔✔Graphic organizers Which type of co-teaching model divides a classroom into two groups to provide instructional content simultaneously? ✔✔Parallel teaching [Show More]

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