The No Child Left Behind Act was authorized by the president to improve American
schools.
a. True
b. False
The key to variety in music lesson planning is to plan only for the music part of your
program.
a. True
b. False
Content standards in the National Standards of Mathematics for grades pre-K-12 are:
a. measurement, geometry and spatial sense, patterns, functions and algebra, number,
data analysis, statistics, and probability.
b. geometry and spatial sense, data analysis, statistics, measurement, patterns, functions
and algebra, and number and operation.
c. number and operation, patterns, functions and algebra, geometry and spatial sense,
measurement, data analysis, statistics, and probability.
d. problem solving, patterns, functions and algebra, geometry and spatial sense,
measurement, data analysis, statistics, and probability.
Foods that are “100 percent organic” are:
a. grown in small farms and not large combines.
b. certified by the USDA.
c. nutritionally superior.
d. grown in small farms and not large combines and are certified by the USDA.
The Aesthetics Movement was characterized by material and common placed things.
a. True
b. False
The No Child Left Behind Act requires state departments of education to develop
challenging academic content standards and academic assessments.
a. True
b. False
Materials with good aesthetic potential allow children to:
a. explore with their senses.
b. choose materials that can be manipulated.
c. make attractive projects.
d. explore with their senses and choose materials that can be manipulated.
Clay requires:
a. careful storage.
b. disposal in the ground.
c. careful storage in the refrigerator.
d. none of the above.
Aesthetic use of materials means that what is important is a child’s personal
involvement in the process, not the finished product.
a. True
b. False
When working with photography, you should:
a. plan to spend time explaining and demonstrating how to take a picture.
b. let the children explore the camera on their own first.
c. plan several lessons on the parts of the camera and how they work.
d. none of the above.
Children need knowledge and skills to be creative.
a. True
b. False
An example of thoughtful dialogue on children’s art is:
a. “It’s pretty.”
b. “I like it.”
c. “It makes me think of …”
d. all of the above.
When talking with children about art, teachers should use terms such as:
a. shape, color, line, and size.
b. comparison, lightness, darkness.
c. shape, design, contrast.
d. shape, color, line, size, comparison, lightness, darkness, shape, design, and contrast.
It is not important to talk with children about their artwork.
a. True
b. False
Creativity has been present throughout history beginning with:
a. nuclear power.
b. prehistoric cave paintings.
c. the steamboat.
d. the wheel.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends:
a. two to six ounces of juice per day.
b. three to six ounces of juice per day.
c. four to six ounces of juice per day.
d. five to six ounces of juice per day.
Before a child is 3 years old, he or she often:
a. has little interest in counting.
b. cannot do rote counting.
c. can count to 10 in proper order.
d. can count rationally.
The ability to classify by different categories is characteristic of the concrete operations
stage.
a. True
b. False
Growth from head to toe is called cephalocaudal development.
a. True
b. False
Kid culture refers to an unappealing, materialistic view of children’s art.
a. True
b. False
When reading with infants and toddlers:
a. pick the book for them.
b. allow freedom and choice.
c. make them sit for the entire story.
d. the larger group the better.
Match each age group with the specific food activity below .
a. Toddlers, 2-year-olds, and 3-year-olds
b. 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds
c. grades 1 through 3
d. grades 4 through 5
Exploring cooking utensils
Harmony is the blending of chords with two or more pitches simultaneously.
a. True
b. False
The most important thing to remember about scrap art materials is to:
a. have enough of them.
b. ask parents to donate them.
c. keep them in good order.
d. keep them out of harm’s way.
The ability to use one’s taste or know one’s preference can:
a. be considered an unnecessary skill in today’s technical world.
b. improve the quality of learning.
c. be impossible to teach young children.
d. be taught to children over the age of 8.
Cooking develops sensory skills as well as motor coordination.
a. True
b. False
The ability to use many parts of the body to express emotion is related to musical
intelligence.
a. True
b. False
Ordinal number refers to the place of an object in a series of numbers.
a. True
b. False
Avoid using scented felt tip markers at all times.
a. True
b. False
The difference between free and spontaneous play is that one is organized in center time
and the other is not.
a. True
b. False
Process learning emphasizes information discovered by the learner himself or herself.
a. True
b. False
Very rarely should clay be used:
a. to make something permanent.
b. with young children.
c. with older elementary grade children.
d. near a water source.
The national standards in the arts cover:
a. dance, painting, and theater.
b. painting, music, and dance.
c. dance, music, theater and visual arts.
d. dance, digital arts, music and theater.