Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Art Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and strategies for implementing developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) in art education for children from early childhood through adolescence. Students will examine how children's cognitive, emotional, and physical development influences their artistic expression and creativity. The course covers the design and adaptation of art activities and environments that foster individual growth, cultural understanding, and self-expression while aligning with current educational standards. Through discussions, observations, and hands-on projects, participants will learn to create inclusive, supportive, and stimulating art experiences tailored to the diverse developmental needs of 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) Howard Gardner (2006) questions the validity of creativity tests to measure and/or predict young children's creativity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to Howard Gardner, creativity is independent of cultural judgment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of Gardner's multiple intelligences is most closely related to young children's engagement in art?
A) logical-mathematical
B) musical-rhythmic
C) visual-spatial
D) intrapersonal
Answer: C
Q4) Creativity often peaks at about 4 to 4½ years of age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Creative Thinking
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Q1) Creative thinking occurs primarily in:
A) the right hemisphere of the brain.
B) the left hemisphere of the brain.
C) the corpus callosum.
D) both hemispheres of the brain.
Answer: A
Q2) The left hemisphere of the brain controls creative abilities, body awareness, and spatial orientation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to Chapter 2, outlets for creative thinking include:
A) play, the expressive arts, thought, and language.
B) play, the expressive arts, sports, and language.
C) play, thought, language, and crafts.
D) sports, crafts, and the expressive arts.
Answer: A
Q4) How will you set the stage for creative thinking in your classroom?
Answer: The response should reflect the student's plans for positive classroom climate, time, and space.
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Chapter 3: Creative Experiences
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Q1) Young children often use dramatic play to:
A) develop sociocentric perspectives.
B) work through emotional issues.
C) practice egocentric thinking.
D) develop fine and gross motor skills.
Answer: B
Q2) Whereas large hollow blocks encourage gross motor development, unit blocks support:
A) social interaction.
B) fine motor and eye-hand coordination.
C) aesthetic development.
D) figure-ground discrimination.
Answer: B
Q3) At what age does a child typically have fairly well-established musical preferences?
A) four years
B) three years
C) five to six years
D) two years
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Art and the Developing Child
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Q1) According to Piaget, social-conventional knowledge consists of:
A) information about daily living accepted by society.
B) knowledge of social development and interaction.
C) using social conventions to learn and develop.
D) the child's current level of social-emotional development.
Q2) In Vygotsky's theory, because learning is considered essentially an interpersonal and dynamic process, teachers must:
A) accurately assess children's levels of cognitive and social-emotional development in order to plan instruction.
B) develop comfortable and cooperative relationships with children.
C) use cooperative learning and group projects to deliver all instruction.
D) identify key social relationships for each child in the classroom.
Q3) Creativity begins during:
A) infancy.
B) the toddler years.
C) prenatal development.
D) the preschool years.
Q4) Rubber cement is safe for children to use in an early childhood classroom.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Childrens Artistic Development
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Q1) A mandala is a:
A) pattern or symbol that only some children are predisposed to utilize in sensory perception.
B) pattern or symbol that the human brain is predisposed to disregard in sensory perception.
C) pattern that appears frequently in the artwork of older children and adolescents.
D) pattern that the human brain is predisposed to utilize in visual perception.
Q2) In Schirrmacher's stages of artistic development, one- to two-year-old children:
A) approach markers, crayons, and clay with the intent of exploring their properties.
B) refine their circles, ovals, lines, and attempted geometric shapes.
C) progress from mandalas to suns to stick figures.
D) make first attempts at drawing the human face.
Q3) In Schirrmacher's stages of artistic development, two- to four-year-old children:
A) engage in sensory motor actions resulting in scribbles.
B) are dissatisfied with nonrepresentational art.
C) become concerned with creating art that looks like something.
D) progress from mandalas to suns to stick figures.
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Chapter 6: The Elements of Art
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Q1) Mixing one color with other colors increases its intensity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Light colors make objects appear:
A) opaque.
B) smaller than they really are.
C) larger than they really are.
D) translucent.
Q3) Which of the following are accepted as artistic elements?
A) line, rhythm, tempo, and composition
B) line, space, pattern, and composition
C) line, rhythm, emotional response, and theme
D) line, space, pattern, and flow
Q4) Which of the following media does not provide transparent colors?
A) thin tempera
B) magic markers
C) acrylics
D) watercolors
Q5) List three cool colors.
Q6) List the possibilities and personalities of color as described in Chapter 6.
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Chapter 7: Aesthetics
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Q1) List the three elements of aesthetics.
Q2) Which of the following is a prerequisite for young children painting with watercolors?
A) finger painting
B) drawing
C) easel painting
D) painting with tempera paints
Q3) Children feel most comfortable in classrooms that appear cluttered to adults.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An affective response may involve any of the following except:
A) tedium.
B) awe.
C) surprise.
D) exhilaration.
Q5) List five reasons aesthetics and aesthetic education are important in early childhood.
Q6) List four of the six components of an aesthetic attitude.
Q7) 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) Which two senses work most closely together?
A) tactile and visual
B) visual and auditory
C) gustatory and olfactory
D) thermic and chromatic
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptive term tactile-muscular?
A) baric
B) chromatic
C) sterognostic
D) kinesthetic
Q4) Quiet time is appropriate to use with children after a noisy, lively activity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four reasons children may not have a highly developed gustatory sense.
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Chapter 9: The Complete Early Childhood Art Program
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Q1) Which of the following is not a component of the DBAE approach?
A) art history
B) experiencing art
C) art production
D) aesthetics
Q2) Which of the following is not a point of focus for art critique?
A) What is it?
B) What is the artist trying to say?
C) Do you like it?
D) What colors do you see?
Q3) 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.
Q4) Artists following the naturalistic style:
A) portray a romantic view of ideal life.
B) paint what they perceive life to be.
C) depict life as it really is.
D) use only colors and shapes found in nature.
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Chapter 10: Child-Centered Art Versus Teacher-Directed Projects
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Q1) Young children enjoy repetition in their art activities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The concept of "developmentally appropriate" includes:
A) individually, socially, and emotionally appropriate.
B) culturally, kinesthetically, and cognitively appropriate.
C) social-emotionally, affectively, and culturally appropriate.
D) individually, culturally, and age appropriate.
Q3) List the three criteria shared by activities that masquerade as art.
Q4) A good art program understands and accepts that a child can be oriented toward product, process, or both in his/her approach to art.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Curriculum is defined as:
A) lesson plans to be used in the classroom.
B) the planned and unplanned activities in the classroom.
C) the materials used to support instruction.
D) a written guide to using instructional materials.
Q6) 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) 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
Q2) Thematic curriculum helps children to:
A) develop basic skills.
B) explore a topic in depth.
C) make connections across the curriculum.
D) learn faster.
Q3) The typical thematic approach to early childhood curriculum is:
A) emergent, based on children's interests and activities.
B) predetermined and planned by the teacher months in advance.
C) canned.
D) filled with opportunities for teachable moments.
Q4) Emergent curriculum must be intentionally planned by the teacher.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the difference between dispositions and feelings. Describe how you will address both in the curriculum activities you plan.
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Chapter 12: The Art Center 1
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Q1) In Montessori and Head Start programs, curriculum refers to:
A) a prepared set of lesson plans designed to teach specific concepts and skills.
B) the total program.
C) lesson plans for a particular subject area.
D) guidelines set by a professional organization.
Q2) Geoboards are ideal for incorporating art with:
A) mathematics.
B) science.
C) language arts.
D) social studies.
Q3) Drawing is viewed as a literacy activity because:
A) children must use language to explain their work.
B) children must be able to think symbolically before participating in drawing activities.
C) drawing is basically play and children can develop literacy skills through play.
D) both drawing and language provide children opportunities to reflect on, organize, and share experiences.
Q4) List the major early childhood curricular areas.
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Chapter 13: The Art Center 2
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Q1) Easels for painting and drawing in the art center will encourage:
A) social interaction.
B) creativity and its expression.
C) gross motor activity during art.
D) fine motor activity during art.
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) Teaching children the find-use-return cycle in the art center will:
A) teach personal responsibility.
B) free the teacher from total responsibility for maintaining the center.
C) both a and b
D) none of the above
Q4) List the rules suggested for the early childhood art center.
Q5) The early childhood art center is a place for making art rather than appreciating art.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Art Experiences Through Technology
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Q1) A recent report from NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at St. Vincent College recommends that children age two and younger:
A) do not engage in passive screen time.
B) have less than one hour of passive screen time daily.
C) have less than three hours of passive screen time per week.
D) have less than five hours of passive screen time per week.
Q2) Research tells us that, when working on the computer, children with special needs make gains in:
A) fine motor skill development.
B) cognitive development.
C) socio-emotional development.
D) verbal-linguistic development.
Q3) Which of the following is not an example of an adaptive peripheral?
A) touch screen
B) voice-to-text software
C) Braille keyboard
D) wireless mouse
Q4) In computer art, the___________ qualities of the media are missing.
Q5) List seven suggested rules for the computer center.
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Chapter 15: Roles, Responses, and Strategies to Support
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Q1) As a teacher, it is appropriate to confess doubts about your own abilities as an artist to your students.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not part of being a creative teacher?
A) encouraging creative thinking and different ways to do things
B) seeing creativity as a skill that cuts across the program
C) adding creative activities here and there
D) seeing how all people have creative potential
Q3) Art dialogue is a strategy for:
A) teaching children art vocabulary.
B) using the seven artistic elements to discuss children's artwork.
C) talking with children about masterpiece art.
D) discussing the directions for an art project.
Q4) In weaving, the warp is the:
A) structure you weave on.
B) finished product.
C) lengthwise yarn or string that is strung on the weaving structure.
D) yarn that is woven under-over and over-under the yarn strung on the weaving structure.
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Chapter 16: Art Assessment
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Q1) Event sampling:
A) provides a way of measuring the frequency of a behavior within a given period.
B) attempts to capture everything that is happening around the child being observed.
C) focuses on a specific event.
D) specifies a behavior and notes when that behavior occurs.
Q2) The content of children's art often reflects the things about which they have strong feelings.
A)True
B)False
Q3) DeJuan ate two cookies and asked for another at snack time.
A)Fact (f)
B)Inference (i)
Q4) Both audio and video recorders are useful tools when assessing children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four of the five reasons for studying an individual child.
Q6) Discuss the importance of assessment in an early childhood program.
Q7) List the six guidelines for effective observation and recording.
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