C105 WGU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which characteristics of artful teachers contribute to student curiosity and motivation in
relation to arts education? - Answers - 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? - Answers - 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? - Answers - Current research shows that students learn best when they
are given the opportunity to connect new information to existing understandings.
Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning opportunity for
students who are intrapersonal learners, according to Gardner's multiple intelligences? -
Answers - 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 this intended purpose? - Answers - Provide dress-
up clothes, rhythm instruments, and music CDs
A teacher wants to engage students in an art project that will support the following
learning outcome:Students will learn to cooperate and take pride in group work.How can
the teacher accomplish this goal? - Answers - Have students create a mural using
cutouts and paint
To increase motor skills needed for a dance unit, a teacher adds gross motor materials
to an elementary classroom.Which two would be the most useful in increasing skills
needed for dance?Choose 2 answers - Answers - A hopscotch carpet
A side-to-side balance board
A teacher would like to include paintings, drawings and sketches to introduce concepts
of mood and perspective.What is the earliest grade level for which these materials and
this lesson plan are appropriate? - Answers - Seventh grade
A classroom teacher has made modifications to the learning environment to allow for
creative expression for all students in the class.Match each description with the
modification that supports the creative expression of diverse learners.Answer options
, may be used more than once or not at all. - Answers - Assistance- Allow students to
work with a partner
Instruction- Build in more repetition through choral response
Response- Allow different solutions as demonstration of comprehension
How can a teacher alter the classroom to specifically support student development in
the dramatic arts? - Answers - Create an open space
Match the example of an arts integrated activity with the content area. Answer options
may be used more than once or not at all. - Answers - While learning how to use a
compass to draw circles, students study the window designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.-
Math
Students identify the parts of a plant by creating paintings inspired by Vincent Van
Gogh's Sunflowers.- Science
After listening to "Memory" from the musical "Cats," students write a poem inspired by
the work.- Language arts
Students learn about the adventures of the artist George Catlin, while learning about the
Plains Native Americans.- Social studies
How are music and mathematics interrelated? - Answers - The dynamics and intervals
in music are like the mathematical concepts of greater than and less than.
Which strategy could a teacher use to connect theater with reading? - Answers - Have
students analyze a short play for plot
A kindergarten teacher develops a lesson to teach the following standard:Students will
learn varied letter sounds.Which arts-based learning activity can be used to meet the
content standard? - Answers - Teach students a song that incorporates consonant
letter sounds.
A fourth-grade teacher wants to integrate a visual arts instructional strategy with
reading.Which two instructional strategies would be recommended to accomplish this
goal?Choose 2 answers - Answers - Read a short biography of Pablo Picasso and
draw a cubist illustration
Examine the symbolic details in a painting by Jan Van Eyck and discuss how both
artists and writers use symbols
A sixth-grade teacher wants to integrate the arts as a tool when teaching students about
the Holocaust.How could a teacher design a learning activity that achieves this
objective? - Answers - Act out a scene from The Diary of Anne Frank
Which characteristics of artful teachers contribute to student curiosity and motivation in
relation to arts education? - Answers - 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? - Answers - 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? - Answers - Current research shows that students learn best when they
are given the opportunity to connect new information to existing understandings.
Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning opportunity for
students who are intrapersonal learners, according to Gardner's multiple intelligences? -
Answers - 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 this intended purpose? - Answers - Provide dress-
up clothes, rhythm instruments, and music CDs
A teacher wants to engage students in an art project that will support the following
learning outcome:Students will learn to cooperate and take pride in group work.How can
the teacher accomplish this goal? - Answers - Have students create a mural using
cutouts and paint
To increase motor skills needed for a dance unit, a teacher adds gross motor materials
to an elementary classroom.Which two would be the most useful in increasing skills
needed for dance?Choose 2 answers - Answers - A hopscotch carpet
A side-to-side balance board
A teacher would like to include paintings, drawings and sketches to introduce concepts
of mood and perspective.What is the earliest grade level for which these materials and
this lesson plan are appropriate? - Answers - Seventh grade
A classroom teacher has made modifications to the learning environment to allow for
creative expression for all students in the class.Match each description with the
modification that supports the creative expression of diverse learners.Answer options
, may be used more than once or not at all. - Answers - Assistance- Allow students to
work with a partner
Instruction- Build in more repetition through choral response
Response- Allow different solutions as demonstration of comprehension
How can a teacher alter the classroom to specifically support student development in
the dramatic arts? - Answers - Create an open space
Match the example of an arts integrated activity with the content area. Answer options
may be used more than once or not at all. - Answers - While learning how to use a
compass to draw circles, students study the window designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.-
Math
Students identify the parts of a plant by creating paintings inspired by Vincent Van
Gogh's Sunflowers.- Science
After listening to "Memory" from the musical "Cats," students write a poem inspired by
the work.- Language arts
Students learn about the adventures of the artist George Catlin, while learning about the
Plains Native Americans.- Social studies
How are music and mathematics interrelated? - Answers - The dynamics and intervals
in music are like the mathematical concepts of greater than and less than.
Which strategy could a teacher use to connect theater with reading? - Answers - Have
students analyze a short play for plot
A kindergarten teacher develops a lesson to teach the following standard:Students will
learn varied letter sounds.Which arts-based learning activity can be used to meet the
content standard? - Answers - Teach students a song that incorporates consonant
letter sounds.
A fourth-grade teacher wants to integrate a visual arts instructional strategy with
reading.Which two instructional strategies would be recommended to accomplish this
goal?Choose 2 answers - Answers - Read a short biography of Pablo Picasso and
draw a cubist illustration
Examine the symbolic details in a painting by Jan Van Eyck and discuss how both
artists and writers use symbols
A sixth-grade teacher wants to integrate the arts as a tool when teaching students about
the Holocaust.How could a teacher design a learning activity that achieves this
objective? - Answers - Act out a scene from The Diary of Anne Frank
