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Creative Materials and Activities for the
Early Childhood Curriculum
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Joan Packer Isenberg
Professor Emerita, George Mason University
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Jennifer L. Durham
The Lab School of Washington
American University
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Angela Eckhoff
Old Dominion University
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, Chapter 1
Creativity and the Arts
1. Creativity is defined as:
a. the ability to produce something original but still appropriate and useful
b. the ability to recognize new and original ideas
c. the ability to think and learn about ideas in new and unique ways and to produce
something original but still appropriate and useful
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d. the ability to think and learn about ideas in new and unique ways
2. Divergent thinking is defined as:
a. the ability to narrow a pool of novel ideas into a single chosen idea or response
b. the ability to generate many unique ideas and choose the single best idea or response
c. the ability to generate many unique ideas
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d. the ability choose the single best answer from a larger group
3. The four cognitive characteristics of creativity (Torrance, 1969) are:
a. originality, fluency, flexibility, elaboration
b. originality, frequency, flexibility, elaboration
c. originality, fluency, flexibility, explanation
d. innovation, fluency, flexibility, elaboration
4. Flexibility, one of the four cognitive characteristics of creativity, is:
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a. the ability to generate many different ideas and produce a variety of diverse solutions
b. the ability to think of ideas or solutions that have never been thought of before
c. the ability to brainstorm in a group setting
d. the ability to see things from different points of view or to generate many responses
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5. Which of the following is not an effective characteristic of creativity:
a. playfulness
b. imagination
c. timid
d. perseverance
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6. As an affective characteristic of creativity, curiosity is seen as:
a. the uninhibited ability to generate many possible ways of doing things or solving
problems
b. the courage to express ideas that are unexpected but acceptable
c. the deep desire to know how things work and how people think
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d. the ability to think about a range of possibilities and engage in fantasy play
7. The four C’s include:
a. creativity, cognition, collaboration, communication
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b. creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication
c. creativity, cognition, cooperation, communication
d. creativity, critical thinking, cooperation, collaboration
8. Media literacy is:
a. the ability to understand visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of
media
b. the ability to produce visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of media
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, c. the ability to interpret visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of
media
d. the ability to discuss visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of media
with others
9. The four steps in the creative process from the Wallas model include:
a. preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification
b. preparation, cultivation, illumination, and confirmation
c. planning, incubation, clarification, and verification
d. planning, incubation, illumination, and confirmation
10. Aesthetics is:
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a. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve human creations
all forms of art
b. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve nature, human
creations, and all art forms
c. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve nature, human
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creations, and visual forms of art
11. Children develop aesthetics through:
a. hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, creating, and smelling
b. listening, seeing, touching, and smelling
c. hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling
d. listening, creating, and touching
12. Creativity is discussed as an important metal process in:
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a. Classical theories
b. Classical and modern theories
c. Modern theories
d. Postmodern theories
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13. Perseverance, fluency, flexibility, and elaboration are:
a. learned skills that children can develop
b. fixed skills that children are born with
c. adult skills that children have yet to develop
d. skills that are best taught in the secondary grades
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14. Children’s creative process may take the form of:
a. imaginative play
b. self-expression
c. a new product or understanding
d. all of the above
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15. The arts provide opportunities for children’s development in:
a. the cognitive domain
b. the social/emotional domains
c. the physical domain
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d. all of the above
16. As a 21st century skill, the critical thinking skill set, is seen as:
a. discovering new ways to think, learn, and do
b. the capacity to change one’s mind based on additional information, to approach a
problem from a new angle, and to consider alternative points of view
c. the ability to know what to say and how to say it to make ourselves understood
d. none of the above
17. The right hemisphere of the brain involves:
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, a. nonverbal, intuitive, and global thinking
b. verbal, analytical, and logical thinking
c. nonverbal, analytical, and global thinking
d. nonverbal, intuitive, and logical thinking
18. For young children, the creative process:
a. must conclude with an end product
b. does not have to conclude with an product
c. must involve some “take-away” to show parents
d. none of the above
19. Which classical theory views creativity as essential to being a healthy human being:
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a. Sociocultural theory
b. Constructivist theory
c. Humanistic theory
d. Behaviorist theory
20. The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence involves:
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a. analytic, creative, and existential intelligences
b. naturalistic, analytic and creative intelligences
c. analytic, creative and practical intelligences
d. naturalistic, existential, and analytic intelligence
Chapter 1 Essay
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1. Describe one take-home activity that you could send home with a Kindergartener to encourage
children and parents to build creative thinking skills.
2. Give two examples of ways a teacher can encourage elaboration, one of the four characteristics
of creativity, in an early childhood classroom.
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3. How would you respond to a fellow teacher who says, “Some children are just more creative
than others. Those are the children who need more time with the arts.”? Use a theory
presented in this chapter to guide your response.
4. You are a teacher in a preschool classroom and a parent comes to you with a complaint that
their child never seems to have cute art projects to bring home. How will explain the value of
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process over product in young children’s visual arts experiences?
5. Describe three concrete steps that you can take to include aesthetic experiences and diversity
sensitivities in a primary grade classroom?
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Test Bank
for
Ap
Creative Materials and Activities for the
Early Childhood Curriculum
lu
Joan Packer Isenberg
Professor Emerita, George Mason University
ss
Jennifer L. Durham
The Lab School of Washington
American University
Prepared by
tu
Angela Eckhoff
Old Dominion University
vi
a
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River
Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
@Aplusstuvia
, Chapter 1
Creativity and the Arts
1. Creativity is defined as:
a. the ability to produce something original but still appropriate and useful
b. the ability to recognize new and original ideas
c. the ability to think and learn about ideas in new and unique ways and to produce
something original but still appropriate and useful
@
d. the ability to think and learn about ideas in new and unique ways
2. Divergent thinking is defined as:
a. the ability to narrow a pool of novel ideas into a single chosen idea or response
b. the ability to generate many unique ideas and choose the single best idea or response
c. the ability to generate many unique ideas
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d. the ability choose the single best answer from a larger group
3. The four cognitive characteristics of creativity (Torrance, 1969) are:
a. originality, fluency, flexibility, elaboration
b. originality, frequency, flexibility, elaboration
c. originality, fluency, flexibility, explanation
d. innovation, fluency, flexibility, elaboration
4. Flexibility, one of the four cognitive characteristics of creativity, is:
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a. the ability to generate many different ideas and produce a variety of diverse solutions
b. the ability to think of ideas or solutions that have never been thought of before
c. the ability to brainstorm in a group setting
d. the ability to see things from different points of view or to generate many responses
ss
5. Which of the following is not an effective characteristic of creativity:
a. playfulness
b. imagination
c. timid
d. perseverance
tu
6. As an affective characteristic of creativity, curiosity is seen as:
a. the uninhibited ability to generate many possible ways of doing things or solving
problems
b. the courage to express ideas that are unexpected but acceptable
c. the deep desire to know how things work and how people think
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d. the ability to think about a range of possibilities and engage in fantasy play
7. The four C’s include:
a. creativity, cognition, collaboration, communication
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b. creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication
c. creativity, cognition, cooperation, communication
d. creativity, critical thinking, cooperation, collaboration
8. Media literacy is:
a. the ability to understand visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of
media
b. the ability to produce visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of media
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, c. the ability to interpret visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of
media
d. the ability to discuss visual images, music, acting, and dance through all forms of media
with others
9. The four steps in the creative process from the Wallas model include:
a. preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification
b. preparation, cultivation, illumination, and confirmation
c. planning, incubation, clarification, and verification
d. planning, incubation, illumination, and confirmation
10. Aesthetics is:
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a. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve human creations
all forms of art
b. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve nature, human
creations, and all art forms
c. the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve nature, human
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creations, and visual forms of art
11. Children develop aesthetics through:
a. hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, creating, and smelling
b. listening, seeing, touching, and smelling
c. hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling
d. listening, creating, and touching
12. Creativity is discussed as an important metal process in:
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a. Classical theories
b. Classical and modern theories
c. Modern theories
d. Postmodern theories
ss
13. Perseverance, fluency, flexibility, and elaboration are:
a. learned skills that children can develop
b. fixed skills that children are born with
c. adult skills that children have yet to develop
d. skills that are best taught in the secondary grades
tu
14. Children’s creative process may take the form of:
a. imaginative play
b. self-expression
c. a new product or understanding
d. all of the above
vi
15. The arts provide opportunities for children’s development in:
a. the cognitive domain
b. the social/emotional domains
c. the physical domain
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d. all of the above
16. As a 21st century skill, the critical thinking skill set, is seen as:
a. discovering new ways to think, learn, and do
b. the capacity to change one’s mind based on additional information, to approach a
problem from a new angle, and to consider alternative points of view
c. the ability to know what to say and how to say it to make ourselves understood
d. none of the above
17. The right hemisphere of the brain involves:
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, a. nonverbal, intuitive, and global thinking
b. verbal, analytical, and logical thinking
c. nonverbal, analytical, and global thinking
d. nonverbal, intuitive, and logical thinking
18. For young children, the creative process:
a. must conclude with an end product
b. does not have to conclude with an product
c. must involve some “take-away” to show parents
d. none of the above
19. Which classical theory views creativity as essential to being a healthy human being:
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a. Sociocultural theory
b. Constructivist theory
c. Humanistic theory
d. Behaviorist theory
20. The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence involves:
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a. analytic, creative, and existential intelligences
b. naturalistic, analytic and creative intelligences
c. analytic, creative and practical intelligences
d. naturalistic, existential, and analytic intelligence
Chapter 1 Essay
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1. Describe one take-home activity that you could send home with a Kindergartener to encourage
children and parents to build creative thinking skills.
2. Give two examples of ways a teacher can encourage elaboration, one of the four characteristics
of creativity, in an early childhood classroom.
ss
3. How would you respond to a fellow teacher who says, “Some children are just more creative
than others. Those are the children who need more time with the arts.”? Use a theory
presented in this chapter to guide your response.
4. You are a teacher in a preschool classroom and a parent comes to you with a complaint that
their child never seems to have cute art projects to bring home. How will explain the value of
tu
process over product in young children’s visual arts experiences?
5. Describe three concrete steps that you can take to include aesthetic experiences and diversity
sensitivities in a primary grade classroom?
vi
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