WGU C105 - Visual/Perform Art Methods Pre-
assessment study set Questions with Verified Answers
A center with buttons, feathers, popsicle sticks, paints, play dough, and other
materials for students to guide exploration. Ans✓✓✓-What is an example of a
learning environment that encourages and supports creativity?
A discussion of criteria, ranked highest to lowest Ans✓✓✓-A teacher wants to
use a developmentally appropriate assessment of the song "My Country 'Tis of
Thee" sung by a third-grade student. The teacher wants to avoid too much
subjectivity.What could the teacher include in the unit's lessons that will help to
accomplish this?
A hopscotch carpet. A side-to-side balance board Ans✓✓✓-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?
A rubric where criteria are based on a rating scale Ans✓✓✓-After learning about
sound, fifth graders create clay bells using hand building techniques.Which tool is
appropriate to assess craftsmanship of student work?
A. Increases motivation, concentration and focus.
B. Develops empathy and compassion.
C. Enhances readiness comprehension and writing fluency. Ans✓✓✓-Integrating
the dramatic arts into the academic curriculum accomplishes many benefits
according to textbook author Claudia Cornett. What answer is a direct outcome
associated with the dramatic arts?
,abstract to realistic (for art) art development Ans✓✓✓-as children at first draw
images that represent the Known and show feelings. These evolve into more
realistic images, which peak about age 11.
active engagement Ans✓✓✓-Arts integration relies on ______ , communication,
and creative inquiry to help students create meaning independently.
Addition of rhythm instruments. Combination of singing with movement.
Ans✓✓✓-Which two components of a musical repertoire should teachers
consider when selecting songs for kindergarten?
Aesthetics brain effects Ans✓✓✓-self-reported interest in aesthetics is related to
the mental dispositoin of openness, which is influenced by dopamine-related
genes.
Ages 3 to 8 Ans✓✓✓-Musical Development: At what age are children ready to
take lessons on recorders, keyboards or violins?
Allow students to share their visual art work in an "artist's chair". Ans✓✓✓-
Which of the following classroom activities will allow a teacher to celebrate
innovative efforts from the students, no matter the performance level?
Allow the gifted student to meet with a guest from the community who also has a
gift in the given area of art. Ans✓✓✓-How should a classroom teacher encourage
a student who is gifted in an art discipline when the whole class is introduced to a
new concept in the arts?
, Allow the students to choreograph a dance to show the phases of the moon.
Ans✓✓✓-Which activity would help students develop independence, problem-
solving and decision-making skills through dance?
An English Language Learner Ans✓✓✓-Which population of differently abled
students would benefit from a lesson in which the teacher uses a dual language
approach to singing a song?
Assign students to go outside and create a song inspired by what they see
Ans✓✓✓-Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning
opportunity for students who are intrapersonal learners, according to Gardner's
multiple intelligences?
beat Ans✓✓✓-___________ is the basic pulse in music, such as a clock ticking or
heart beating, like what you might tap your foot to.
Benefits of music in the classroom Ans✓✓✓-significant part of life, vital
communication vehicle, provides a learning foundation, vehicle for learning,
builds desirable character traits (positive social/emotional), promotes physical
and mental health, bonds people together, expresses cultural/historical and
personal identity, makes us happy
By having students make up rhyming games together using the names of letters,
numbers, or colors Ans✓✓✓-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?
Choreography Ans✓✓✓-Which term represents creating, composing and
improvising movement to make meaning or dance making?
assessment study set Questions with Verified Answers
A center with buttons, feathers, popsicle sticks, paints, play dough, and other
materials for students to guide exploration. Ans✓✓✓-What is an example of a
learning environment that encourages and supports creativity?
A discussion of criteria, ranked highest to lowest Ans✓✓✓-A teacher wants to
use a developmentally appropriate assessment of the song "My Country 'Tis of
Thee" sung by a third-grade student. The teacher wants to avoid too much
subjectivity.What could the teacher include in the unit's lessons that will help to
accomplish this?
A hopscotch carpet. A side-to-side balance board Ans✓✓✓-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?
A rubric where criteria are based on a rating scale Ans✓✓✓-After learning about
sound, fifth graders create clay bells using hand building techniques.Which tool is
appropriate to assess craftsmanship of student work?
A. Increases motivation, concentration and focus.
B. Develops empathy and compassion.
C. Enhances readiness comprehension and writing fluency. Ans✓✓✓-Integrating
the dramatic arts into the academic curriculum accomplishes many benefits
according to textbook author Claudia Cornett. What answer is a direct outcome
associated with the dramatic arts?
,abstract to realistic (for art) art development Ans✓✓✓-as children at first draw
images that represent the Known and show feelings. These evolve into more
realistic images, which peak about age 11.
active engagement Ans✓✓✓-Arts integration relies on ______ , communication,
and creative inquiry to help students create meaning independently.
Addition of rhythm instruments. Combination of singing with movement.
Ans✓✓✓-Which two components of a musical repertoire should teachers
consider when selecting songs for kindergarten?
Aesthetics brain effects Ans✓✓✓-self-reported interest in aesthetics is related to
the mental dispositoin of openness, which is influenced by dopamine-related
genes.
Ages 3 to 8 Ans✓✓✓-Musical Development: At what age are children ready to
take lessons on recorders, keyboards or violins?
Allow students to share their visual art work in an "artist's chair". Ans✓✓✓-
Which of the following classroom activities will allow a teacher to celebrate
innovative efforts from the students, no matter the performance level?
Allow the gifted student to meet with a guest from the community who also has a
gift in the given area of art. Ans✓✓✓-How should a classroom teacher encourage
a student who is gifted in an art discipline when the whole class is introduced to a
new concept in the arts?
, Allow the students to choreograph a dance to show the phases of the moon.
Ans✓✓✓-Which activity would help students develop independence, problem-
solving and decision-making skills through dance?
An English Language Learner Ans✓✓✓-Which population of differently abled
students would benefit from a lesson in which the teacher uses a dual language
approach to singing a song?
Assign students to go outside and create a song inspired by what they see
Ans✓✓✓-Which steps should a teacher take to formulate a creative learning
opportunity for students who are intrapersonal learners, according to Gardner's
multiple intelligences?
beat Ans✓✓✓-___________ is the basic pulse in music, such as a clock ticking or
heart beating, like what you might tap your foot to.
Benefits of music in the classroom Ans✓✓✓-significant part of life, vital
communication vehicle, provides a learning foundation, vehicle for learning,
builds desirable character traits (positive social/emotional), promotes physical
and mental health, bonds people together, expresses cultural/historical and
personal identity, makes us happy
By having students make up rhyming games together using the names of letters,
numbers, or colors Ans✓✓✓-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?
Choreography Ans✓✓✓-Which term represents creating, composing and
improvising movement to make meaning or dance making?
