WGU C105 PRACTICE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● 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? Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: 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?
Answer: Look for children who can act out a story
,●● Which are two effective activities for encouraging the development
of creativity in children?Choose 2 answers Answer: Ask students to
imagine a journey, such as a journey through a tree
Have students theorize what an unfamiliar object could be used for
●● Which stage of the creative inquiry process is described below? In
this stage, students explore and experiment with words, ideas, and
images, as well as infer, compare/contrast, sort/group/combine, and find
and form patterns Answer: Connect
●● 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? Answer:
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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: Implement the apply-practice-
rehearse method to prepare students to perform the difficult bending and
swinging dance steps in their upcoming dance routine
●● A teacher wants to encourage creativity and divergent thought while
also covering required content about Colonial America.Which would be
an appropriate strategy? Answer: Have students brainstorm a list of
important people in Colonial America, conduct research on them, and
then plan a classroom party where the students dress up as and play the
role of their historical person
●● Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning
opportunity for students who are intrapersonal learners, according to
Gardner's multiple intelligences? Answer: Assign students to go outside
and create a song inspired by what they see
●● While preparing a classroom, a teacher is collecting items for a
learning center that will stimulate and increase creativity and exploration
in kindergarten-age children.How should the teacher effectively serve
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● 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? Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: 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?
Answer: Look for children who can act out a story
,●● Which are two effective activities for encouraging the development
of creativity in children?Choose 2 answers Answer: Ask students to
imagine a journey, such as a journey through a tree
Have students theorize what an unfamiliar object could be used for
●● Which stage of the creative inquiry process is described below? In
this stage, students explore and experiment with words, ideas, and
images, as well as infer, compare/contrast, sort/group/combine, and find
and form patterns Answer: Connect
●● 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? Answer:
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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: Implement the apply-practice-
rehearse method to prepare students to perform the difficult bending and
swinging dance steps in their upcoming dance routine
●● A teacher wants to encourage creativity and divergent thought while
also covering required content about Colonial America.Which would be
an appropriate strategy? Answer: Have students brainstorm a list of
important people in Colonial America, conduct research on them, and
then plan a classroom party where the students dress up as and play the
role of their historical person
●● Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning
opportunity for students who are intrapersonal learners, according to
Gardner's multiple intelligences? Answer: Assign students to go outside
and create a song inspired by what they see
●● While preparing a classroom, a teacher is collecting items for a
learning center that will stimulate and increase creativity and exploration
in kindergarten-age children.How should the teacher effectively serve
