WGU C105 Questions and Answers
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Drawing stages of development naturally grows in a child as a form of visual communication.
The earliest stages of drawing include what 2 stages? ✔✔d) Scribble and Pre-Schematic or Shape-
Making Stage
A Kindergarten teacher decides to integrate more music into her daily instruction. In
consideration of the students' development level, the teacher should consider that primary age
groups of children are able to ✔✔b) See one point of view, or one aspect at a time.
A natural development of drawing corresponds with cognitive, physical and socio-emotional
growth outlined by theorists such as Piaget, Maslow and Gardner. At what age does artistic
development peak and will generally remain unless further arts education is included in the
school curriculum? ✔✔d) Pre-Adolescent Age 11-12
The most age-appropriate lessons and approaches for integrating dance, drama, and music
into a Preschool classroom includes: ✔✔Creative movement, exploration and improvised lyrics,
rhymes, and rhythms.
A fifth grade teacher would like to strengthen students' understanding of creating perspective
in drawings while building upon the Visual Art standard: understanding and applying media,
techniques, and processes. She/he understands that at this age students begin to see and
understand the application of multiple perspectives in drawings and paintings. What lesson
would best accomplish her goals? ✔✔Apply the approach of Henri Rousseau's jungle scenes by
using a foreground,
middleground, and background in a drawing of a jungle scene of their own.
,Which characteristics of artful teachers contribute to student curiosity and motivation in relation
to arts education? ✔✔Passion, openness, and confidence
A teacher promotes taking breaks in instruction where students jump up and down, shake their
limbs, and mimic animal voices.
How does this play contribute to children's development? ✔✔It alleviates stress.
An art teacher has redesigned a lesson plan that includes an assignment in which students work in
groups to create and present original commercials. She plans to let the groups decide what the
commercials will advertise and will encourage students to use their own experiences to make
effective commercials. The students will create their own schedules for completing the assignment
and she has developed a rubric for evaluating the results.
How does this lesson plan align to current research findings in student development? ✔✔Current
research shows that students learn best when they are given the opportunity to connect new
information to existing understandings.
A kindergarten teacher wants to prepare students for first grade cognitively and socially while
making each day fun.
How could the teacher support this goal? ✔✔By having students make up rhyming games together
using the names of letters, numbers, or colors
How can teachers recognize expressions of creativity in children? ✔✔Look for children who can
act out a story
Which are two effective activities for encouraging the development of creativity in children? ✔✔-
Have students theorize what an unfamiliar object could be used for
-Ask students to imagine a journey, such as a journey through a tree
, What actions are part of the Responses and Solutions phase of the creative problem solving
process? ✔✔Reflect and evaluate, revise, and publish
A third-grade teacher would like to plan a lesson about folk tales and story telling. The teacher
wants to enhance creative thought and expression in the class which includes several English
Language Learners (ELL).
How can the teacher meet both of these goals? ✔✔Incorporate student storytelling related to their
backgrounds as a means of including drama, dance, art, and music responses
What is an appropriate response to students' artistic expressions? ✔✔Ask the students to explain
what they have created
A teacher observes that the students are happiest and most engaged when they are given the
opportunity to engage in creative role playing, art projects, and music. The teacher includes these
creative activities every few weeks as a supplement to the lesson plans.
How does this teacher's attitude affect the creativity of his students? ✔✔The teacher's treatment
of creative activities as extra, not essential, will undermine the development of students' creativity
The Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (CNAEA) K-4 standards call for
students to accurately demonstrate non-locomotor/axial movements and create a sequence with a
beginning, middle, and end.
Which teaching strategy fosters creative thought and expression for students in this age group to
meet all elements of the identified dance standard? ✔✔Implement the apply-practice-rehearse
method to prepare students to perform the difficult bending and swinging dance steps in their
upcoming dance routine
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Drawing stages of development naturally grows in a child as a form of visual communication.
The earliest stages of drawing include what 2 stages? ✔✔d) Scribble and Pre-Schematic or Shape-
Making Stage
A Kindergarten teacher decides to integrate more music into her daily instruction. In
consideration of the students' development level, the teacher should consider that primary age
groups of children are able to ✔✔b) See one point of view, or one aspect at a time.
A natural development of drawing corresponds with cognitive, physical and socio-emotional
growth outlined by theorists such as Piaget, Maslow and Gardner. At what age does artistic
development peak and will generally remain unless further arts education is included in the
school curriculum? ✔✔d) Pre-Adolescent Age 11-12
The most age-appropriate lessons and approaches for integrating dance, drama, and music
into a Preschool classroom includes: ✔✔Creative movement, exploration and improvised lyrics,
rhymes, and rhythms.
A fifth grade teacher would like to strengthen students' understanding of creating perspective
in drawings while building upon the Visual Art standard: understanding and applying media,
techniques, and processes. She/he understands that at this age students begin to see and
understand the application of multiple perspectives in drawings and paintings. What lesson
would best accomplish her goals? ✔✔Apply the approach of Henri Rousseau's jungle scenes by
using a foreground,
middleground, and background in a drawing of a jungle scene of their own.
,Which characteristics of artful teachers contribute to student curiosity and motivation in relation
to arts education? ✔✔Passion, openness, and confidence
A teacher promotes taking breaks in instruction where students jump up and down, shake their
limbs, and mimic animal voices.
How does this play contribute to children's development? ✔✔It alleviates stress.
An art teacher has redesigned a lesson plan that includes an assignment in which students work in
groups to create and present original commercials. She plans to let the groups decide what the
commercials will advertise and will encourage students to use their own experiences to make
effective commercials. The students will create their own schedules for completing the assignment
and she has developed a rubric for evaluating the results.
How does this lesson plan align to current research findings in student development? ✔✔Current
research shows that students learn best when they are given the opportunity to connect new
information to existing understandings.
A kindergarten teacher wants to prepare students for first grade cognitively and socially while
making each day fun.
How could the teacher support this goal? ✔✔By having students make up rhyming games together
using the names of letters, numbers, or colors
How can teachers recognize expressions of creativity in children? ✔✔Look for children who can
act out a story
Which are two effective activities for encouraging the development of creativity in children? ✔✔-
Have students theorize what an unfamiliar object could be used for
-Ask students to imagine a journey, such as a journey through a tree
, What actions are part of the Responses and Solutions phase of the creative problem solving
process? ✔✔Reflect and evaluate, revise, and publish
A third-grade teacher would like to plan a lesson about folk tales and story telling. The teacher
wants to enhance creative thought and expression in the class which includes several English
Language Learners (ELL).
How can the teacher meet both of these goals? ✔✔Incorporate student storytelling related to their
backgrounds as a means of including drama, dance, art, and music responses
What is an appropriate response to students' artistic expressions? ✔✔Ask the students to explain
what they have created
A teacher observes that the students are happiest and most engaged when they are given the
opportunity to engage in creative role playing, art projects, and music. The teacher includes these
creative activities every few weeks as a supplement to the lesson plans.
How does this teacher's attitude affect the creativity of his students? ✔✔The teacher's treatment
of creative activities as extra, not essential, will undermine the development of students' creativity
The Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (CNAEA) K-4 standards call for
students to accurately demonstrate non-locomotor/axial movements and create a sequence with a
beginning, middle, and end.
Which teaching strategy fosters creative thought and expression for students in this age group to
meet all elements of the identified dance standard? ✔✔Implement the apply-practice-rehearse
method to prepare students to perform the difficult bending and swinging dance steps in their
upcoming dance routine
