WGU D293 Assessment and Learning Analytics (PADB) Pre Assessment
Questions and Answers Western Governors University
1. An individual has been hired to train an organization's Formative
administrative staff to use a new automated schedul-
ing system. The training runs for three days. The indi-
vidual wants to know the progress of each participant
at the end of the first day and use that information to
plan the second day's instruction.
Which type of assessment should be used to obtain
this information?
2. An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical health Criterion-refer-
course to college students. At the beginning of the enced
course, each student performs a complex clinical pro-
cedure while being recorded. At the end of the course,
students perform the same procedure while being
recorded. The students compare these performances
and reflect on how their ability to perform the complex
procedure has progressed. Which assessment strate-
gy does this describe?
3. The learning goal for a research foundations course It requires stu-
is "Apply a variety of approaches to identify and solve dents to apply ac-
problems." The summative assessment for the course quired knowledge
involves applying these approaches to a case study. to realistic situa-
Why would this authentic assessment strategy be tions.
effective in measuring students' achievement of the
learning goal?
4. A learning goal for a middle school music class unit By providing an
is "Students will create music using computer-based opportunity for stu-
composition tools." After the class spends several dents to demon-
weeks practicing using the composition tools, an in- strate their com-
structor for the course assigns a project in which puter-based com-
students must compose an original song that is one position skills
minute long, incorporates at least two instruments,
and includes a repeating chorus.
How would this competency-based assessment strat-
egy determine whether students met the learning
goal?
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Questions and Answers Western Governors University
5. The learning goal of a fifth-grade math unit is "Stu- To monitor student
dents will be able to correctly identify place values learning to guide
from one to ten million." A teacher for the course instruction
conducts informal checks for understanding by ask-
ing students to complete exit tickets, submit self-re-
flections, and share their responses using individual
whiteboards. What is the teacher's purpose in collect-
ing this formative assessment data?
6. The learning goal for a fifth-grade language arts unit is Have students
"Students will be able to use context clues to identify complete a multi-
the meanings of unfamiliar words." Using a traditional ple-choice vocab-
assessment strategy, how should an instructor deter- ulary quiz at the
mine if students met this learning goal? end of each chap-
ter
7. The learning goal for a sixth-grade language arts unit Creating a portfo-
is "Students will be able to compose various types of lio of poems the
poetry." students have writ-
Which competency-based assessment strategy ten
would determine whether students met the competen-
cy requirements for this learning goal?
8. In a nursing course, students examine body systems, Matching nervous
including the nervous system. The learning objective system elements
is "Interpret terms related to the nervous system." An on an image of the
instructor for the course wants to determine students' human body
ability to interpret these terms accurately.
Which skill demonstration aligns with this learning
objective?
9. In an introduction to programming course, students Developing pro-
analyze the structure and components of a program. gram code
The learning objective is "Create a simple program."
Which direct assessment method would determine
whether students have met this objective?
10. A trainer has been hired to facilitate a digital im-
age editing skills workshop. The learning objective
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Questions and Answers Western Governors University
is "Identify the basics of image file formats." Par- Matching common
ticipants use software and images provided by the image file formats
workshop sponsors. to their purpose
Which direct assessment method would determine
whether participants met this objective?
11.1The undergraduate students in a developmental psy- It would allow stu-
1chology course are learning about genetics. The ob- dents to demon-
. jective of a lesson in the course is "Students will be strate their abili-
. able to identify whether traits are genetic or not ge- ty to differentiate
netic." Before class is dismissed, an instructor for the traits.
course distributes a list of 10 traits and asks students
to circle the traits that are genetic and cross out the
traits that are not. Why would this direct assessment
be effective in determining whether students met the
learning objective?
Fifth-grade students are learning about the three "Students will be
branches of government during a social studies class. able to recall the
3. At the end of a lesson, a teacher asks students to features of the
complete a 3-2-1 writing assignment in which they list three branches of
the three branches of government, two facts about the United States
each branch, and one question. government."
With which learning objective would this direct as-
assessment method align?
12.1
4One of the learning objectives of a ninth-grade anato- Creating a song
. my unit about the systems of the body is "Students with lyrics about
will be able to describe the functions of the respira- the role of the res-
tory system." Which project-based assessment would piratory system
determine whether students have met this objective?
Students in a second-grade class are learning how to Because it allows
tell time. The learning objective of a lesson is "Stu- the teacher to
dents will be able to identify the correct time on an gather information
analog clock." At the end of the lesson, a teacher on the students'
distributes a scaled survey to the students so they perceptions about
can self-assess their confidence in reading an ana- their own learning
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