C105 ELEMENTARY VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
METHODS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. "CPS"
Answer:
creative problem solving
Question:
2. What is Creative problem solving (CPS)
Answer:
the process used to construct meaning and is at the core of the arts. CPS is used to seek connections and
synthesize diverse solutions
Question:
3. Critical thinking
Answer:
is a part of CPS. It is a focus of the arts where quality is highly valued. In particular, critique is used to
analyze details and patterns, compile evidence, and apply criteria to make judgments
Question:
4. skills achieved through arts
Answer:
• Higher order thinking such as analysis, synthesis, evaluation, including critical judgment
• Imagination and creativity focused deliberately on content and quality end products
• Prudent risk taking and experimentation
• Teamwork that relies on collaborative problem solving
• Technological competencies
• Flexible thinking and an appreciation for diversity
• Self-discipline, persistence, and taking initiative
Question:
5. integrate reading to visual arts
Answer:
*Artwork is "read" in a way similar to reading word-based print text. *The reader/viewer must first
perceive the work as a whole and then relate subordinate parts to discover relationships and connections,
along with important emphases. *Making sense of any painting, sculpture, or artwork requires coordinated
use of higher order thinking skills (CPS), in the same way CPS is used to understand traditional texts
Question:
6. integrate reading to drama/theater arts
, Answer:
Comprehension of dramatic texts closely parallels thinking to understand any written work and
performance is largely about interpretation of words using CPS. Actors usually do a first read to derive big
ideas in a script, which entails visualizing the setting. They also zero in other literary elements to create
meaning, especially the conflict or problem, which sets the plot in motion (rising and falling action, crisis,
and climax). Actors read to analyze their characters' motives and relationships to other characters and the
plot
Question:
7. integrate reading to dance
Answer:
Viewing a dance involves nearly the same comprehension strategies to those used in reading traditional
texts, that is, coordinated CPS thinking. Dance compositions are created about the same themes and big
ideas that are at the core of the literary arts, again using CPS
Question:
8. integrate reading to music
Answer:
Reading a piece of music is virtually identical to reading print text and includes decoding symbols for the
purpose of making sense. Reading music notation requires reading ahead, determining phrases and the
overall structure, locating accents, interpreting symbols and verbal indicators, and discriminating between
the main and subordinate ideas. Listening to music requires thinking, albeit aesthetic-oriented thinking to
comprehend or understand
Question:
9. integrate writing to visual arts
Answer:
The composition process used to create a piece of art is virtually the same as that for creating written
compositions (e.g., preparing, data gathering, visualizing, experimenting, revising).
Question:
10. integrate writing to drama/theater arts
Answer:
The process used to write scripts and plays involves the same thinking skills as creating any other form of
writing. The difference is the writing form (e.g., script). The process includes prewriting, drafting,
revising, editing, and publishing, which parallels CPS
Question:
11. integrate writing to dance
Answer:
Choreography uses the same thinking and processes as writing, such as brainstorming, improvisation,
selecting and organizing, revision, rehearsal, evaluation, and publishing/performance
Question:
12. integrate writing to music
METHODS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. "CPS"
Answer:
creative problem solving
Question:
2. What is Creative problem solving (CPS)
Answer:
the process used to construct meaning and is at the core of the arts. CPS is used to seek connections and
synthesize diverse solutions
Question:
3. Critical thinking
Answer:
is a part of CPS. It is a focus of the arts where quality is highly valued. In particular, critique is used to
analyze details and patterns, compile evidence, and apply criteria to make judgments
Question:
4. skills achieved through arts
Answer:
• Higher order thinking such as analysis, synthesis, evaluation, including critical judgment
• Imagination and creativity focused deliberately on content and quality end products
• Prudent risk taking and experimentation
• Teamwork that relies on collaborative problem solving
• Technological competencies
• Flexible thinking and an appreciation for diversity
• Self-discipline, persistence, and taking initiative
Question:
5. integrate reading to visual arts
Answer:
*Artwork is "read" in a way similar to reading word-based print text. *The reader/viewer must first
perceive the work as a whole and then relate subordinate parts to discover relationships and connections,
along with important emphases. *Making sense of any painting, sculpture, or artwork requires coordinated
use of higher order thinking skills (CPS), in the same way CPS is used to understand traditional texts
Question:
6. integrate reading to drama/theater arts
, Answer:
Comprehension of dramatic texts closely parallels thinking to understand any written work and
performance is largely about interpretation of words using CPS. Actors usually do a first read to derive big
ideas in a script, which entails visualizing the setting. They also zero in other literary elements to create
meaning, especially the conflict or problem, which sets the plot in motion (rising and falling action, crisis,
and climax). Actors read to analyze their characters' motives and relationships to other characters and the
plot
Question:
7. integrate reading to dance
Answer:
Viewing a dance involves nearly the same comprehension strategies to those used in reading traditional
texts, that is, coordinated CPS thinking. Dance compositions are created about the same themes and big
ideas that are at the core of the literary arts, again using CPS
Question:
8. integrate reading to music
Answer:
Reading a piece of music is virtually identical to reading print text and includes decoding symbols for the
purpose of making sense. Reading music notation requires reading ahead, determining phrases and the
overall structure, locating accents, interpreting symbols and verbal indicators, and discriminating between
the main and subordinate ideas. Listening to music requires thinking, albeit aesthetic-oriented thinking to
comprehend or understand
Question:
9. integrate writing to visual arts
Answer:
The composition process used to create a piece of art is virtually the same as that for creating written
compositions (e.g., preparing, data gathering, visualizing, experimenting, revising).
Question:
10. integrate writing to drama/theater arts
Answer:
The process used to write scripts and plays involves the same thinking skills as creating any other form of
writing. The difference is the writing form (e.g., script). The process includes prewriting, drafting,
revising, editing, and publishing, which parallels CPS
Question:
11. integrate writing to dance
Answer:
Choreography uses the same thinking and processes as writing, such as brainstorming, improvisation,
selecting and organizing, revision, rehearsal, evaluation, and publishing/performance
Question:
12. integrate writing to music
