WGU C105 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ controlled scribbling
Answer: -lines stop and start at different points
-begins to make circular movements on the page
-experiments with dots and lines
◉ symbolic stage
Answer: Begins to make lines & shapes
• Begins to name some of these shapes
• Interest in pattern making begins
• Circle evolves to represent a head
• First recognisable figures appear
• Beginning of naming
• Usually not recognisable to adult
◉ representational stage
Answer: Beginning of recognizable figures
(figures, houses, animals, vehicles, plants)
, • More complicated patterns
• Figures become more detailed
• Outward facing presentation
• People floating in space - no horizontal ground line
• Decorative element, development of symmetry
• Announces beforehand what it will be
◉ later representational stage
Answer: Use of ground line and skyline
• Appearance of profile
• Objects are shown in relationship to each other
◉ Visual arts teaching techniques
Answer: -ask open questions
-be sensitive to interests
-respond to childrens answers
-if a wrong response is given, do not embarrass
-plan small group discussions
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◉ differentiation in visual arts
Answer: -Increase concreteness.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ controlled scribbling
Answer: -lines stop and start at different points
-begins to make circular movements on the page
-experiments with dots and lines
◉ symbolic stage
Answer: Begins to make lines & shapes
• Begins to name some of these shapes
• Interest in pattern making begins
• Circle evolves to represent a head
• First recognisable figures appear
• Beginning of naming
• Usually not recognisable to adult
◉ representational stage
Answer: Beginning of recognizable figures
(figures, houses, animals, vehicles, plants)
, • More complicated patterns
• Figures become more detailed
• Outward facing presentation
• People floating in space - no horizontal ground line
• Decorative element, development of symmetry
• Announces beforehand what it will be
◉ later representational stage
Answer: Use of ground line and skyline
• Appearance of profile
• Objects are shown in relationship to each other
◉ Visual arts teaching techniques
Answer: -ask open questions
-be sensitive to interests
-respond to childrens answers
-if a wrong response is given, do not embarrass
-plan small group discussions
-
◉ differentiation in visual arts
Answer: -Increase concreteness.
