Teaching Art to Children Exam
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Course Introduction
This course explores effective strategies and methodologies for teaching art to children in a variety of educational settings. Students will examine developmental stages in children's artistic growth, learn about age-appropriate art materials and techniques, and study how to foster creativity, self-expression, and problem-solving skills through visual arts activities. The course emphasizes lesson planning, assessment, and ways to integrate multicultural and inclusive approaches, preparing future educators to create engaging, supportive, and inspiring art experiences for young learners.
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Art and Creative Development for Young Children 8th Edition by J. Englebright Fox
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Chapter 1: Understanding Creativity
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Q1) Even though learning occurs throughout an individual's lifetime, there are critical periods during which the brain:
A) is particularly efficient at creating neural pathways that facilitate specific kinds of learning.
B) is vulnerable to damage by physical trauma.
C) cannot take in or process new information.
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is not one of Howard Gardner's criteria for identifying an intelligence?
A) Each of the intelligences exists in exceptional people, including idiot savants and prodigies.
B) Each of the intelligences is evident only in the human species.
C) Each of the intelligences can work without the others being present.
D) Each of the intelligences can be symbolized by its own unique symbol or set of symbols.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Creative Thinking
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Q1) Because brain dominance is not established at birth, it is important that early childhood teachers provide experiences that will:
A) develop creative thinking in the right side of the brain.
B) develop creative thinking in the left side of the brain.
C) develop logical thinking in the left side of the brain.
D) integrate the functioning of both sides of the brain.
Answer: D
Q2) Teachers can facilitate the creative thinking of young children by:
A) providing technology-based materials in the classroom.
B) including daily creativity lessons in the curriculum.
C) providing information on right and wrong answers.
D) integrating, modeling, and valuing creative thinking in all parts of the curriculum.
Answer: D
Q3) Children who do not have opportunities to engage in convergent thinking will:
A) quickly develop the abilities needed for divergent thinking.
B) become conforming individuals.
C) lack access to a core body of knowledge needed for school success.
D) realize their creative potential.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Creative Experiences
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Q1) Socio-dramatic play is:
A) pretend play involving two or more children.
B) a dramatic enactment of a social event.
C) a social activity during which children wear costumes.
D) nonthematic play.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is a developmentally appropriate music experience for a seven- to eight-year-old child?
A) learning a complicated folk dance taught by an adult
B) learning to read music notation
C) singing a duet with a friend
D) taking formal lessons to play a musical instrument
Answer: C
Q3) games
A)climbing on a jungle gym
B)pretending to be an airplane pilot
C)building a tower with cardboard boxes
D)hide and seek
E)pounding nails in a tree stump
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Art and the Developing Child
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Q1) Fine motor skills are perfected before gross motor skills.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a name used for Piaget's theory?
A) interactionist
B) constructionist
C) transactional
D) maturational
Q3) An example of Piaget's physical knowledge would be:
A) the number of sit-ups an individual can complete.
B) the movement capabilities of each body part.
C) the ball is next to the book.
D) the ball is red and round.
Q4) Which of the following is not a guideline for teachers to consider when planning safe art experiences for young children?
A) Eliminate all staples, tin cans, toothpicks, and pins.
B) Take the time to discuss potential safety hazards.
C) Demonstrate and model the appropriate use of tools.
D) Purchase art materials bearing AP or CP on the label.
Q5) List the three types of knowledge described in Piaget's theory.
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Chapter 5: Childrens Artistic Development
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Q1) The work of Piaget is most closely associated with which explanation of artistic development?
A) emotional explanation
B) general developmental explanation
C) cognitive developmental explanation
D) psychomotor explanation
Q2) A mandala looks like a:
A) lollipop.
B) circle inside a square.
C) figure eight.
D) crossed circle.
Q3) Theories of artistic development attempt to:
A) describe the developmental changes in children's use of art tools over time.
B) explain what, why, and how children create.
C) describe the developmental changes in the content of children's art over time.
D) explain the development of children's visual perception over time.
Q4) Explain how you will use theories of artistic development to plan art activities in your curriculum.
Q5) List four different positions in which children can draw or paint.
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Chapter 6: The Elements of Art
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Q1) List the nine elements of art discussed in Chapter 6.
Q2) Texture in art can be actual or implied.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Negative space is the space:
A) taken up with lines, colors, shapes, and forms.
B) left between or surrounding subject matter, symbols, or shapes.
C) between the baselines of ground and sky.
D) in which the artist signs his or her name.
Q4) Shape is an appropriate criterion for critiquing a(n):
A) one-dimensional object that has length or width.
B) two-dimensional object that has length and width.
C) three-dimensional object that has length, width, and depth.
D) object that encloses a space.
Q5) shade
A)the purity of light reflected from a surface
B)the lightened value of any color made by adding white
C)the color name
D)the relative lightness or darkness of a hue
E)the darkened value of any color made by adding black
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Chapter 7: Aesthetics
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Q1) Picture book illustrations can be considered works of art.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Reggio Emilia schools believe that the arrangement and organization of classroom space are important because:
A) it must allow for the psychomotor activities that are an important part of the curriculum.
B) it influences social interactions and facilitates creative expression.
C) large numbers of students in Reggio Emilia schools are required for diverse social interactions and relationships.
D) space must be provided for the display and analysis of children's work.
Q3) Before taking the class on a field trip, the early childhood teacher should:
A) match the experience to the children's interests and the program's goals.
B) visit the destination.
C) notify parents and receive their permission.
D) all of the above
Q4) Explain why aesthetics are important in the early childhood curriculum and environment.
Q5) Describe the most effective way a teacher can demonstrate his/her inner beauty.
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Chapter 8: Sensory Experiences
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Q1) According to Montessori, the baric sense is the ability to:
A) discriminate among musical tones.
B) perceive temperature.
C) recognize objects through tactile exploration without the aid of vision.
D) recognize objects as heavy or light.
Q2) Which of the following is not recommended for young children's exploration at a sensory table?
A) wood chips
B) mud
C) golf balls
D) none of the above
Q3) Which of the following tastes tends to be difficult for children to identify?
A) sweet
B) bitter
C) sour
D) salty
Q4) Which learning style(s) should an early childhood teacher "teach to"? Explain how the teacher should make that decision.
Q5) List the five senses.
Q6) Describe the value of cooking activities in the early childhood classroom.
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Chapter 9: The Complete Early Childhood Art Program
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Q1) While engaged in Froebel's occupations, kindergartners were involved in:
A) painting and drawing.
B) literacy activities.
C) artistic development.
D) creative processing.
Q2) Abstract artists:
A) experiment with pure, bright colors to represent positive emotions.
B) seek an intellectual conception of form and shape.
C) are intrigued with color and the physical qualities of paint.
D) attempt to incorporate physical movement in their art.
Q3) Which of the following is not a component of the DBAE approach?
A) art history
B) experiencing art
C) art production
D) aesthetics
Q4) Fauvism refers to a style of art in which artists:
A) incorporate physical movement into their creations.
B) seek an intellectual conception of form and shape.
C) use pure, bright colors to represent positive emotions.
D) attempt to create a dreamlike world that is more intense than reality.
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Chapter 10: Child-Centered Art Versus Teacher-Directed Projects
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Q1) Research by Lepper and Greene (1975) has shown that external motivation and techniques of behavior modification will:
A) provide the support that insecure children need to participate in open-ended art activities.
B) encourage all children to participate in art activities.
C) actually decrease a child's intrinsic motivation.
D) reinforce positive behavior in the art center.
Q2) Which of the following is a developmentally appropriate art activity for three-year-olds?
A) cutting out shapes
B) coloring within the lines
C) explaining their picture when an adult asks, "What is it?"
D) scribbling
Q3) Art is more dependent on the process than on the product.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe a decision in which an early childhood teacher would use each of the three knowledge bases that form the foundation of developmentally appropriate practices.
Q5) List five activities that might be done by a teacher acting as a facilitator.
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Chapter 11: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art
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Q1) As curriculum is developed, long-range curriculum goals are translated into:
A) short-term objectives.
B) meaningful assessments.
C) developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
D) behavior management strategies.
Q2) creatively combining clay forms
A)Stage 1
B)Stage 2
C)Stage 3
D)Stage 4
Q3) In curriculum development, if art is used as a superactivity, it will be:
A) integrated across all curricular areas.
B) integrated across several curricular areas.
C) a stand-alone activity with its own goals and objectives.
D) the primary basis for the child's grade in that curriculum unit.
Q4) An instructional goal is defined as a:
A) long-range target or broad description of a desired outcome.
B) short-time accomplishment for a single lesson.
C) standard to be achieved through a set of unit activities
D) none of the above
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Chapter 12: The Art Center 1
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of assemblage?
A) taping paper cylinders to a box to make a castle
B) sculpting a bowl with clay
C) fastening two pieces of construction paper together by poking holes in each and threading and twisting pipe cleaners as fasteners
D) stacking and taping small boxes to make a robot
Q2) List three graphic activities that are important steps in the development of a child's ability to print and write.
Q3) Which of the following would not be considered a three-dimensional art form?
A) assemblage
B) mark making
C) construction
D) sculpture
Q4) In a very broad view, curriculum is seen as:
A) a set of guidelines in an instructional program.
B) all of the learning experiences children have in the program.
C) the set of planned learning experiences in the program.
D) a self-contained subject within the program.
Q5) List the major early childhood curricular areas.
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Chapter 13: The Art Center 2
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Q1) Which of the following is true about the early childhood art center?
A) Activities should focus children on exploration.
B) Activities should focus children on processing.
C) Activities should focus children on creating products.
D) Activities should balance process and product for children.
Q2) Appropriately labeling items in the art center will serve the purpose of:
A) helping the teacher locate materials efficiently.
B) allowing for quicker cleanup after art time.
C) allowing for quicker setup before art time.
D) surrounding the children with functional print.
Q3) List three suggestions for activities in the early childhood art center.
Q4) Brain research tells us that working in learning centers helps children to:
A) develop fine and gross motor skills.
B) develop their creativity.
C) develop problem-solving skills and long-term memory.
D) learn and understand the classroom rules.
Q5) List the six basic categories of materials that should be included in the early childhood art center.
Q6) List the rules suggested for the early childhood art center.
Q7) List the five criteria for an early childhood art center.
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Chapter 14: Art Experiences Through Technology
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Q1) Computers are one of many tools in a developmentally appropriate classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Basic instruction on the use of the digital camera by young children is best done by the teacher:
A) with individual children.
B) with the whole group.
C) as the children are taking pictures.
D) in small groups.
Q3) Young children ideally work at the computer with a partner or in a small group. At what age should children begin to work independently?
A) three years
B) four years
C) five years
D) nine years
Q4) Seymour Papert's LOGO is also called:
A) Seymour's software.
B) Leap Frog Geometry.
C) Turtle Geometry.
D) A++.
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Chapter 15: Roles, Responses, and Strategies to Support
Childrens Art
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Q1) When taking dictation from children about their art, it is important to have them read their words back to the teacher.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Young children are not sensitive to nonverbal messages from adults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is normal for there to be a developmental spread of two to three years between two typically developing children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Teachers can respond verbally and/or nonverbally to children's artwork.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four of the five reasons early childhood teachers should take art dictation.
Q6) List six roles for teachers in the early childhood art program.
Q7) List the six questions an observer should ponder when viewing a child's artwork.
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Q8) Explain what art dialogue is and how it has the potential to impact young children.
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Chapter 16: Art Assessment
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Q1) Joshua threw a temper tantrum.
A)Fact (f)
B)Inference (i)
Q2) Keisha used the scissors with her right hand.
A)Fact (f)
B)Inference (i)
Q3) Each portfolio entry should be dated and arranged chronologically in the portfolio.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Art assessment involves which of the following developmental domains?
A) cognitive
B) physical
C) social-emotional
D) all of the above
Q5) Explain why it is important for children to learn to self-assess their artwork.
Q6) Observational data is more useful to teachers than to parents.
A)True
B)False
Q7) List the five guidelines for portfolio assessment.
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