WGU - IDC1 Questions and Answers Already Passed
What is the primary purpose of conducting a Needs Analysis? ✔✔To determine the desired status, current status, and the discrepancy.
List the people you would ask to participate in a Needs Analysis. ✔✔Manager, employee, specialist.
Will an interview ever have more than one respondent? ✔✔You can interview multiple people at the same time.
What are the four components of a complete Goal Statement? ✔✔1.) Learners 2.) What learners will be able to do 3.) The performance context 4.) Assessment used
Why do we write Goal Statements? ✔✔To serve as a firm starting point for the instructional design process. 1 / 3
What is the value of conducting a Learner Analysis? ✔✔To identify unique characteristics of your learner population to address when designing the instructional unit. Entry-level skills are also important.
Why is it important to identify entry-level skills? ✔✔If a learner does not have those skills, they'll not be successful with instructional materials. Consideration therefore needs to be given to evaluation of entry skills and additional instruction, if needed.
Which type of assessment measures entry-level skills? ✔✔Interviews of target learners and their supervisors; pretests.
Why is it important to measure prior knowledge? ✔✔They often have partial knowledge or misconceptions. During instruction, learners interpret new content in light of the associations they make with prior learning.
Which type of assessment measures prior knowledge? ✔✔Interviews of target learners and their supervisors; observing them in a performance setting; pretests.
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What is a task analysis? Also called goal analysis or instructional analysis? ✔✔This analysis indicates the major topics of information that must be covered in the instruction.
What are the parts of Mager's 3-part performance objectives? ✔✔1.) What the learner will be able to do 2.) The conditions under which the learner carries out the task.
3.) Criteria used to evaluate learner performance.
Identify the part of the performance objective from the description: Measurable Action Verb ✔✔Behavior: A description of the skill including actions, content, and concepts.
Identify the part of the performance objective from the description: Minimum Level Mastery
✔✔Criteria: A description of acceptable performance as a skill.
Identify the part of the performance objective from the description: Parameters for behavior and/or resources needed for performance. ✔✔Condition
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