cip final - maddy
According to the surveys Csikszentmihalyi has used, approximately what percentage of peoplesay they have never experienced "flow"?
15%
As students go through cognitive developmental stages, they also experience cultural identity development" (Sanford, 1966). Match the themes/topics from 1st grade thru high school [as identified by Gardner (1991) in Ballengee-Morris & Taylor (2005)].
1st-2nd grade - explore self and their relationship with and to family 3rd grade - study community 4th grade - exploring their state 5th grade - national histories and culture 6th grade - begin to study global connections middle school/high school - self-aware, influenced by peers and belong to peer groups. Revisit earlier themes/topics with more complexity/ambiguity
Approximately what percent of your brain is visual processing?
25
How much of the time when we are awake do we daydream?
25%
According to the study: Arts Foster Scientific Success: Avocations of Nobel, National Academy, Royal Society, and Sigma Xi Members (Authors: Robert Root-Bernstein, PhD Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing; Lindsay Allen Leighanna Beach Ragini Bhadula Justin Fast Chelsea Hosey Benjamin Kremkow Jacqueline Lapp Kaitlin Lone Kendell Pawelec Abigail Podufaly Caitlin Russ Laurie Tennant Eric Vrtis Stacey Weinlander) Science Nobel Laureates are how many times as likely to have arts and crafts avocations as general scientists or the public?
3
The child has basic skills for presenting their own ideas and experiments of reality/experiences in symbolic form around ages
3-4
What percentage of the population experiences synesthesia?
4
There is an extra credit project offered in this course. Students may choose to identify and observe a child between the ages of 5 (K) and 10 (5th grade) in the process of art making and write an analysis paper about the observations. This extra credit can be worth up to what percentage added to your final grade? (Extra credit percentage is based on the grade earned on the project.)
5%
Although this U-shaped decline in creativity can occur at any point, generally it occurs around the ages of
8-11
In the lecture, "Art Appreciation and Art Museum," which of the following is NOT a benefit of visiting and art museum?
A place to buy good art
According to the lecture and Clarie Golomb in the reading, "Child art in context: A Cultural and Comparative Perspective," which of the following is NOT a source of the differences seen in children's art between cultures? Select all that apply.
Accessibility to art museums Art resources available
Match the ages with the behaviors of imagination development
Ages 5-12 - Complex play-acting of social roles or characters. Re-enactment of stories heard or read in books Ages 2-6- simple substitution of one object for another. Animation of inanimate things Ages 7-12 - For some children, the invention of imaginary worlds takes place in the context of private play or play shared with a few others
This Japanese origamist has been credited for helping to popularize origami in the 20th century by developing a picture-based set of instructions that served as a universal language, fostering collaborations between artists and scientists.
Akira Yoshizawa
This scientist once commented, "I play with microbes..." Also was well known for a love of playing in all aspects of life and work. This scientist noted, "There are, of course, many rules to this play... but when you have acquired knowledge and experience it is very pleasant to break the rules and be able to find something nobody had thought of." (Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein, 1999)
Alexander Fleming
Which of the following statements about a neuronal ensemble is untrue?
All neurons of a neuronal ensemble are located in the close physical proximity in the brain
The definition of the term "schema" is
All of these answers (except none of these...)
Referring to the article, "You Can Hide, But You Can't Run: Interdisciplinary and Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Mask Making," when do forms of cultural re-representation become especially problematic and conflictive?
All of these answers.
Why might a synesthete be advantaged?
All the extra hooks endow synesthetes with superior memories
Robert Lang left his previous job to become a full-time origami artist. What was Lang's previous job?
American physicist, worked for NASA
The spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena (such as conspiracy theories, magic tricks) is called
Apophenia
Nathalie Miebach's uses what type of process to create her sculpture?
Basket weaving
Some of the characteristics of children who draw as "Meaning Makers" include (mark all that apply).
Because of their cognitive advances, children are able to write and tell more elaborate stories based on their drawings. Children begin to use emergent writing. The work can include drawing, scribbling, creating letter-forms, or creating random strings of letters, all used—sometimes even simultaneously—in the child's attempt to communicate an idea.
Composer whose play and fooling around with homemade and "found" instruments, lead him to "harmonic discoveries" that are important to modern twentieth-century music.
Charles ives
In the reading by Wilson & Wilson, "Why Children Draw" the authors explore Kreitlers' 4 realities (themes) that help us to understand children's drawings. Match the realities with their definition.
Common - the reality refers to the familiar and everyday perceptions and experiences of objects and events that humans share Archeological - the reality of the self explores questions like who am i what am i what will i be Normative - the basis of this reality is the exploration of roles and good and evil in the eyes of the child. you may see a conflict or resolution between a right side and a wrong side. this based on a reality of standards concerning the implicit and explicit rules by which an individual or a society behaves Prophetic - the reality that protrays images of future selves and actions inventions and created worlds other incorrect matches options - the reality that refers to social justice and accompanying projects that students experience in the classroom
What 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation Skills are directly associated with the study and practice of art making? Mark all that apply.
Communication, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration
Match the term with the correct definition.
Contextualism - Art is a social communication system, looking at the aspects of the world in which it was created Formalism - Study of art by analyzing the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects and emphasizes compositional elements other incorrect match options - study of art that includes the cultural aspects as well as the aesthetics
One of the main points in the article, "You Can Hide, But You Can't Run: Interdisciplinary and Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Mask Making," by Ballengee-Morris & Taylor is that "Learning how to make connections and not see subjects or people in isolated, unrelated ways is a lifelong skill that is vitally important for our students to learn." One example of how they facilitated this process for the students is to
Discuss students' ideas about themes, Issues and interests
Match the stage/age with the description of play development.
Early childhood (age 1-3) - practice of individual communication and learnign explorers of their own interests and desires Ages 4-5 - partner with others to take on larger challenges also individual play for ultimate pleasure Preschool - size of play group increases play becomes richer in invention with complex voices figures and props Primary school/elementary - play reflects social change-peers are more important. School emphasizes structure and logical problem solving. Less creative playtime-after school time becomes more important for sustaining ability to flourish as and inventive player Secondary School - intellectual move from concrete forms of reasoning to abstract and hypothetical a tendency to adapt to reality rather than distort reality in art or play
Match each person with the example of work in which they play with systematically breaking rules of grammar, overturning logic or creating puzzling perceptions
Edward Lear - created rebuses, invented spoonerisms, and played endlessly with puns Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis carrol - played with logical concepts to create nonsense poems, logical games and stories and whimsical stories for children MC Escher - played with reality to create impossible images that defy the laws of gravity mathematics and space Other incorrect match options - virginia woolf and alexander calder
Match the term with it's correct category (element or principle).
Elements: line shape color form space value texture Principles: movement rhythm pattern balance contrast emphasis unity
There are several sources for images, match the term with its definition.
Entopic Images - visual effects originating within the visual processing system of the individual Hypnoagogic Images - an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep which often resembles a hallucination Mental Imagery "Library" (visual memory) - Those images we can recall from what we have seen in out personal experinces Visual Culture/Environment- what you are seeing and experiencing around you and its influence you thinking
According to Clements, R. D., Wachowiak, F. (2010) in the chapter on Art and Literacy (shared in lecture), observation, critical thinking and communication skills are mainly developed through learning to drawing and make art, not through discussion of art.
False
According to G.W. Paget (in "Child Art in Context," by Golomb, 2002), there are some visual differences across cultures, as well as differences in the structural characteristics of children's art development as well.
False
Cultural assimilation does not influence a child's drawing content or process.
False
Experts say you can always predict an individual's level of adult success in visual art based on their early art work.
False
Visual symbolism starts after a child learns to communicate with words and numbers.
False
Imaginary worlds encountered through nonviolent virtual games, books, movies, board games, and virtual simulations are excellent ways to help develop a child's creativity and imagination. These often lead to the invention of a child's own world.
False Creativity flourishes when an individual participates in activities in which they are active (have choice and control over the process) and arr not passive participants (as they are in games with set rules)
Specific product (close-ended) art lessons/activities are more effective in working with children of all abilities than open-ended art lessons/activities.
False - Open ended lessons/activities are more effective because they can be adapted to all learners with the focus on creative problem solving and a variety of solutions.
According to Paget (1932), cited in Golomb (p. 40, 2002), children's invented human forms are directly taught to the next generation.
False - They are transferred in some way, but not directly taught--
In the Explanation Game, what does the teacher do to create anticipation to look at the artwork?
Has the painted turn away from them.
What behaviors are associated with creative potential (creative giftedness as an adult)? Mark all that apply.
Having an imaginary friend. Participating in play/theatre. Engaging in Worldplay
Which of the following have been designed with an important component of origami?
Heart Stent Solar Panel Telescope Air Bags
Mathematician, Diana Taimina crocheted models in yarn to help explain and illustrate
Hyperbolic geomtry
When it comes to TV, movies, video games and other projected, passive media in general, children often have a difficult time separating reality from make-believe-- especially in the case of media violence. Grossman & DeGaetano (2014) identify the effects of media violence. Mark all that apply.
Increased aggression Increased fear Desensitization to real-life and screen violence Increased appetite for violence.
According to Teresa Amabile, creativity is made up of three components, which one is not one of Amabile's components of creativity?
Innate Talent
How is empathy defined by Root-Bernsteins as one of the The Thirteen Creative Thinking Tools?
Integrating 'I' and 'it'
According to Csikszentmihalyi what is Big-C creativity?
It involves an achievement by someone, who is a noted expert in their field, and that changes a domain.
What is the term for this type of binding?
Japanese Stab Binding
In the lecture on collaborative art and social issues, which of the following is an example of a collaborative project we looked at that helped students understand and engage in the interconnectedness of community and empowerment by taking on responsibilities?
Jr High students grouped in a heart-shaped formation on a football field
Empathy is an underlying factor for the 21st Century _______________
Learning & Innovation Skills
This course is designated as a General Education course in
Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts
Researchers have identified many side-effects of trying to "multi-task." Which of the following were cited as examples?
Making more mistakes Cognitive imparirment of short term memory Suppresses flow states Inhibits our creativty
Although there are some positive reasons to allow children to borrow or copy art images there are several reasons copying may impede art development. Which is NOT one of the reasons copying may impede art development?
Mastery of conventional ways of drawing
Yani, a precocious and highly motivated young Chinese artist, showed the influence of Chinese art style and traditions in her paintings that have a theme of
Monkeys
A direct comparison of Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs and a list of reasons for "Why we create" was provided in the lecture on creativity. The list of reasons for "Why we create" are reflected in all elements of Maslow's Hierarchy except
None of these answers.
There are several child-centered social justice themes mention by Sarah Ryder in her article, "Teaching Ideas of Social Justice Using Children's Literature?" Which of the following is NOT an example?
None of these answers.
Another term for Worldplay
Paracosm
This term is associated with the psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists.
Pareidolia
Positive After-images happen when an image quickly moves out of field of vision, but an afterimage briefly remains behind. Negative After-images happen when you look at a bright pattern, then look at a white/blank background and continue to briefly see that pattern of a "complementary color to the original." Both these phenomena are related to how we "see" the illusion of animation and are part of what is know as
Persistence of Vision
According to Beverly Gerber in Reaching and Teaching Students with Special Need through Art, the trouble shooting process in adapting lessons for special needs students includes all EXCEPT:
Planning a lesson that will go pretty much as written.
Andreasen recommends specific exercises to enhance your own creativity. Which of the following does she suggest?
Practicing the Thirteen Thinking Tools by Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein Tackle a new area you know nothing about. Practicing meditation or the exercise of "just thinking." Exercise your imagination. Get involved with nature Be curious
What are the four stages of creative process according to Wallas (1926)?
Preparation, Process, Incubation, Solution
Match the stage with the age range associated with it.
Pseudo-naturalistic stage, age of reasoning - Age 11-14 Preschematic stage - age 4-7 scribbling stage - age 2-4 gang stage: dawning realisim - age 9-12 schematic stage - age 7-9 the period of decision - age 14-16
Which activity necessarily involves mental synthesis (mental synthesis is conscious purposeful prefrontal cortex-controlled imagination)?
Reading a new fairy tale
K. Danko-McGhee & R. Slutsky (2007) discuss children as "Meaning Makers" and indicate this is usually seen at which stage of development?
Schematic Stage (ages 7-9)
Match the stage with the description of the behaviors and characteristics associated with it.
Schematic Stage - form of the concept/person is repeated; establishment of a baseline; very little or no overlapping for depth; x-ray drawings Preschematic stage - emerging human form head and torso with arms attached; images placed haphazardly in space; colors of choice (not realistic) one symbol may represent many ideas Scribbling Stage - starts out as being done for purely kinesthetic pleasure; relates marks to things they know; images are assigned meaning, but the meaning may change over time Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage, Age of Reasoning - Critically aware of own shortcomings in art; closer to correct proportions; cartooning popular; facial expressions vary for meaning Ganging Stage: Dawning Realism - disappearance of a baseline; objects overlap for depth; less exaggerated disproportion of the human form; greater awareness of clothing details; self-conscious of own drawings
Clements and Wachowiak include the following in advocating for arts education, except
Small differences can have large effects
"That doesn't look like any person I've ever seen!" At what stage of cognitive development in Aesthetic Experience is this individual?
Stage 2 - Beauty and Realism - Age 10
In her book, Unselfie, Michelle Borba (2016) discusses how empathy can be developed in children and others. Which of the following are displayed by empathetic individuals? (Mark all that apply).
Stick Their Necks Out Have a Moral Imagination Can Recognize Feelings Think "Us" Not "Them"
A simple animation device that is a two-sided disk with images the "fit" together when the disk is flipped rapidly.
Thaumatrope
According to Lowenfeld, the Gang or Dawning Realism Stage is also known as
The Golden Age Child Art
Which of the concepts in Ten Lessons the Arts Teach, Elliott Eisner (2002) and highlighted in the lecture, is something to keep in mind, especially when working with student who are very young or have learning differences/disabilities?
The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said.
In the reading on Art and Social Justice, according to Donahue, Stuart, Elkin, and Mistry (2010), artists have raised a number of issues and questions related to social justice. They have made visible and helped define people's identities (observe & express), particularly those on the margins of power. And, they have named and documented injustice (reflect). What is the third main issue/question related to social justice that some artists address through their work?
They have provided alternative perspectives
Robert Lang makes a joke about a form that is popular for current origamists to include in their origami.. He calls the addition of these "origami memes." What is the form?
Toes
From the lecture and reading on Cultural Influences in Children's Drawings (Paget cited in Golomb, 2002), children in each culture naturally invent drawings that represent human forms.
True
From the lecture and reading on Cultural Influences in Children's Drawings (Paget cited in Golomb, 2002), young children's drawing styles and meaning-making strategies develop independently from adult image models.
True
From the reading on Cultural Influences in Children's Drawings (Paget cited in Golomb, 2002), children in each culture naturally invent drawings that represent human forms.
True
From the reading on Cultural Influences in Children's Drawings (Paget cited in Golomb, 2002), young children's drawing styles and meaning-making strategies develop independently from adult image models.
True
Inventors, Elmer Sperry and Jerome Lemelson, found scientific value in playing with and inventing toys.
True
Using art is an effective way to encourge language learners to develop speaking and writing skills.
True
You can fold a pyramid from one paper plate.
True
You can put stop motion animation software on your phone.
True
Typically, development of imagination, especially Worldplay, diminishes or fades out around puberty.
True - Although this is true, we can continue to develop our imaginations at any age through a variety of activities
In his TED talk, Robert Lang talks about how the application of math principles to origami crease patterns comes down to 4 basic laws. Which of the following are included in these laws?
Two Colorability Mountain-Valley Counting Angles Around a Vertex
Children begin to understand visual symbols
Very early, just after birth
Flow theory is the basis of development of effective
Video games
Match the domain with the type of creativity.
Visual Artists - expressive creativity Creative Writers - expressive creativity Scientists - Adaptive creativity Mathematicians - adaptive creativity Video game designers - both adaptive and expressive creativity Other incorrect match options - neither adaptive nor expressive creativity
Integration of subjects can be enhanced by connecting similar standards from each domain. Match the Art Learning Standard with the related Language/Literacy Learning Standard.
Visual Arts Responding Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Enduring Understanding: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world. 3rd Grade Benchmark:�Determine messages communicated by an image. - reading standards for literature k-5 ex. from grade 3 determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text distinguishing literal from non literal language Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Enduring Understanding: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism. Essential Question(s): How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? 3rd Benchmark: Interpret art by analyzing use of media to create subject matter, characteristics of form, & mood. - literacy rl grade e explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story VISUAL ARTS - Creating Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Enduring Understanding: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. 3rd Grade Benchmark: Elaborate on an imaginative idea. - Reading and writing standards for literature k-5 - write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective details and clear event sequences
According to Clarie Golomb in the reading, "Child art in context: A Cultural and Comparative Perspective," the following are the main sources of the differences seen in children's art between cultures and geography include: (mark all that apply).
Visual culture Emphasis on types of art forms in the culture Approach to art pedagogy
According to the research by James Catterall (2002) published in Critical Links, "The arts and academic & social outcomes," there are art specific processes that promote transfer of learning between art and other content areas. Match the processes with the transfer outcomes.
Visualization Training - Increased sophistication of reading skills/interpretation of text Instruction in art - Increased development of reading readiness Drawing - Improvements in content elaboration and organization of writing Reasoning about art - improvement of reasoning about scientific images and concepts
In the Explanation Game, a kindergarten teacher used guiding questions to help her students use critical thinking skills to talk about art and other things they see. Which is the main question she used?
What makes you say that?
The Hebbian principle is based on the principle that: "Neurons that fire together, _____."
Wire together
This is a complex and elaborate form of make-believe of creating imaginary places is a more persistent behavior that last for weeks, months, even years--- and is revisited over and again.
Worldplay
Art can help students understand and engage in the interconnectedness of community and helps develop 21st Century Skills. Examples of collaborative art learning processes that promote this understanding include: (mark all the apply)
Worldplay Puppetry Creating a Tableau Stop motion animation Playing Tag the Art Game
A two-year study conducted on 400 students in the Laboratory for Interactive Learning (Olshanksy, 1995) showed that students who engaged in image making through the writing process showed what kind of improvements? Mark all that apply.
Writing topics that were more imaginative Story plots that were more fully developed. Rich descriptive language was frequently observed.
Who said this about how to define abstraction? "...the possibility of considering as object or group of objects under one viewpoint while disregarding all other properties of the object. The essence of abstraction consists of singling out one feature, which, in contrast to other properties, is considered to be particularly important."(Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein (1999). Sparks of genius, pp. 72-73)
a physicist
Children who are gifted in art typically exhibit the following behavior
a rage to master
What is the environmental condition necessary for play? Select the best response.
a safe space for risk taking
The type of paint was used in making prints during Week 4 Studio. This polymer based paint the can be used for painting and printmaking. It is relatively permanent and will stain clothing.
acrylic paint
Favoritism
aesthetic thinking is spontaneous non judgemental highly personal
When does imagination typically start to emerge?
age 2
This artist began his career as an engineer and was known for his sense of humor and playful attitude toward life and art. Best known for his mobile sculptures, he also created a line of moveable toys for children, as well as a toy circus.
alexander calder
The definition of the term "schema" is
all of these
According to Polster ("Artful Teaching") who are the art makers?
all of us
The act of play is characterized by
an autotelic process or activity done for its own sake an avenue for discovery and surprise a path to allow the subconscious to make new connections
This tool, called _____________________, has a hardened steel point used to punch sewing holes through book board and layers of paper.
an awl
style and form
artwork as an expression of a public tradition - artwork is embodiment of culture
In art, this term refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the creative process.
automatism
expressiveness
awareness of uniqueness and quality of aesthetic experiences
autonomy: Professionally trained adults
balance between personal and social judgement
According to experts from the Tate Gallery, the term abstraction can be applied to art that is
based an object, figure or landscape, where forms have been simplified. based an object, figure or landscape, where forms have been schematised. "pure abstraction" called concrete art. art that uses forms, such as geometric shapes or gestural marks, which have no source at all in an external visual reality.
A ______________ tool is used to make creases and folds in paper, card stock, and other fold-able media.
bone
A hand-tool used in printing and printmaking to spread ink or paint on the plate
brayer
According to S. Dennis (1991), the relationship between drawing and working memory performance is a function of age. When thinking about what and why children draw, what is the significance of this relationship?
children draw what they know not what they see
Folding origami flaps is based on packing
circles
beauty and realism
concerned with skill
According to the powerpoint in your studio, which artists are synesthetes?
david hockney paul klee wassily kandinsky
Based on Studio Thinking framework are the Studio Habits of Mind (Hetland, Veenema, & Sheridan, 2007, 2013), a set of eight dispositions that an artist uses. These dispositions offer a language for critical thinking that related to every discipline. You may notice some similarities with the Creative Thinking Tools (Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein, 1999). Match the Studio Habit of Mind with the correct definition.
develop craft -learning to use tools, material artistic conventions and learning to care for tools materials and space Engage & Persist - Learn to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance to develop focus conductive to working and persevering at tasks Envision - Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed and imagine possible next steps in making a piece Express - learning to create workd=s that convey an idea a feeling or a personal meaning Observe - Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary "looking" requires and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen Reflect - learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one's work or working process and learning to judge ones own work and working process and the work of others Stretch & Explore - learning to reach beyond one's capacities to explore playfully without a preconceived plan and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes Understand (Arts) Community - learning to interact as an artist with other artists and within the broader society.
During childhood play and drawing, a child experiments with self-images and images of otherness. Psychologists call this the
ego-ideal
According to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (based his on socialcultural theory), we can become experts in any field, no matter what our abilities, as long as we have the support we need.
false
According to the syllabus, percentage points are rounded up when calculating the final grade
false
Andreasen mentions several studies in this chapter that point to the realization that by age 25 it is too late to continue training the brain once it is past the critical periods of childhood and young adulthood development.
false
Based on the work of Anna Mary Robertson Moses (Grandma Moses), art development stops by the time that an individual is in their early 20's.
false
Children develop a graphic vocabulary based on the symbols they see others make.
false
Children's invented human forms are directly taught to the next generation.
false
Engagement with nonviolent virtual games, books, movies, board games, and virtual simulations are the best ways to help develop a child's creativity and imagination. These often lead to the invention of a child's own world.
false
In analyzing a child's work of art, we can accurately interpret an child's meaning by just looking at the drawing and images produced.
false
Lowenfeld's stages of art development are absolutes and cannot be skipped or reversed.
false
Nathalie Miebach's sculptures are inspired by actual data but are imaginative and pure fantasy.
false
Prophetic reality themes are only a part of children's artwork, adult artists "outgrow" this theme.
false
The best approach to mask making and learning about other cultures is to do a project about making an African mask.
false
There is a direct connection between childhood Worldplay and adult creativity.
false
Traditional coloring books offer only passive activity or stress-relieving processes. "Anti-coloring books" provide opportunities for creative and artistic development because they have blank pages to fill in.
false
Visual thinking and imaging benefits people in only certain professions (such as art and engineering).
false
A sharp, tapered-blade tool used for cutting and trimming clay or other materials. Used in bookmaking to cut paper. This tool is called a _______________.
fettling knife
The creativity theory developed by Csikszentmihalyi (1988) describes the phenomenon of optimal experience as being a state in which (during and activity) the individual loses track of time, there is a good match between challenge and ability/skills, the activity is enjoyable for its own sake, and there is a sense of control over the outcome of the activity. What is the term for this theory?
flow
In the Explanation Game, a kindergarten teacher showed that she valued her students thoughts by
getting a pen to write them down.
One in ninety synesthetes experience _________, which are the written elements of language completely saturated in color (sometimes with gender and personality).
graphemes
In Lowenfeld's stages, which of the following in NOT a sub-stage of the scribbling stage?
imitation
Why is play so important to all species?
it helps the individual to understand the world by recreating it it is a biological need it helps individuals flourish it helps to develop creative, judgmental and discrimination patterns
"So observing is a form of thinking and thinking is a form of observing. In consequence, the purpose in practicing observation is to link sensory experience and [____________?] as closely as possible." (Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein, 1999)
mental awareness
A type of printmaking that uses a flat surface (such as a mirror, plexiglass or gel plate), upon which paint or ink is applied and a unique image is designed using various techniques. The exact image can only be made once, unlike most printmaking which allows for multiple originals.
monoprint
At what stage has a child's thinking changes from pure kinesthetic thinking in terms of motion to an imaginative and symbolic thinking in terms of pictures?
named scribbling
Which of the following does not have a direct influence on art development?
none of these
In examining the development of creativity in young people, educational psychologists have documented a "U-shaped decline" in creativity. Although can occur at any point, generally it occurs around the ages of 8-11 (3-6 grades). What is NOT one of the main reasons given for this slump?
none of these answers
Which art movement capitalized on this effect?
op
In the video, "Learning in a Visual Age - Why Art Education Matters", by the National Art Education Association, which of the following are identified as the visual literacy skills developed through art education/ art integration?
perception, recognition, and sensitivity
"...the creation of new thoughts or ideas are not determined 'by encounters with the environment, but are constructed within the individual himself... the essential thing is that in order for a child to understand something, he must construct it himself, he must reinvent it.'" Which theorist said this?
piaget
According to Andreasen (2005) in "Building a Better Brain," the human brain is responsive, adaptive and eternally changing. We are literally remaking our brains every second of our lives in response to the demands and pressure of our environment. It is the ability to retain and store specific memories. What is the term neuroscientists use for this concept?
plasticity
The psychological term for an individual who has mastery (is an expert) in more than one domain is a
polymath
Psychologist Jean Piaget suggested play is useful because it strengthens mental skills. What three types of play processes does he identify? Mark all that apply.
practice play, symbolic play and game play
After ink/paint has been applied to the plate and designs have been created, a paper is pressed over the plate and then carefully taken off to reveal the image.
pull a print
Creative Patterns include
questioning, changing, designing
The three primary colors are
red blue yellow
According to the Visual Literacy: Visual Triad Model (S. Daniels, 2018; R. McKim, 1980), What are the three intersecting processes that are part of visual literacy?
see, imagine, depict
Lowenfeld's Scribbling Stage is most closely aligned with Piaget's
sensorimotor stage
A group of pages is known as a __________________. Typically these can include 4, 8, 16, or 32 pages (sometimes more). In commercial printing, these are often designed out of a single large sheet.
signature
Clements and Wachowiak's use 5 metaphors to talk about the factors or intrapersonal aspects that influence or guide the art learning process. Which one of these is not a factor/metaphor they used?
soul
According to Studio Habits of Mind and Elliot Eisner's Ten Lesson, which of the following is encouraged through art education and promote a creative growth mindset? Mark all that apply.
stretch and explore, take risks and look for the unexpected, engage and persist
When a child experiments with self-images and self-possibilities but substitutes another image (i.e., an animal or object) for themselves this is called a
surrogate self
There are at least five ways that words and pictures interact in picturebooks, opening up possibilities for readers' experiences and explorations (Nikolajeva & Scott, 2001). Match the term with its definition.
symmetry - words and pictures are on equal footing Complementary - Each provides information Enhancement - each extends the meaning of the other Counterpoint - words and pictures tell different stories Contradiction - beyond different narratives, the words and pictures seem to assert the opposite of each other
The study that investigated synesthesia is called
the bouba kiki effect
A simple marker that indicates when a child's imagination is beginning to develop is when
the child tells their first fib.
According to Piaget in Chapter 14 of "Cognitive and Psychological Factors in Children's Learning and Creative Development," his theory of constructivism refers to
the self constructed nature of knowledge
You can generally identify a student who has gifted potential in the arts or other areas
through early childhood drawings
When a child experiments with self-images and self-possibilities but substitutes another image (i.e., an animal or object) for themselves, they use this process
to safely experiment with sometimes adverse feelings and ways of being so the possibilities can be considered.
According to Davis, which of the following are considered attributes, behaviors and/or traits associated with creativity? Mark all that apply.
tolerance for ambiguity sarcastic or cynical curiosity Openness to sub-conscious material Preference for asymmetry Overactive physically and mentally
Which of the following are considered attributes, behaviors and/or traits associated with creativity? Mark all that apply.
tolerance for ambiguity sarcastic or cynical curiosity Openness to sub-conscious material Preference for asymmetry Overactive physically and mentally
According to Davis and others, creativity can be taught.
true
According to Davis and others, you are born with creativity
true
Art is valuable for its own sake
true
Art is valuable for its own sake.
true
Reading an artwork can be used to help develop a moral imagination.
true
Synesthesia is more common in artists who excel in making metaphors.
true
Using geometry-based origami can be an open-ended art process/lesson.
true
Visual symbols from TV, Internet, films, drawings, paintings require reading just as much as word symbols.
true
When observing and analyzing the realities portrayed in children's drawings, more than one reality can often be seen
true
Synesthesia is about connections between
two or more of the senses
According to Clements, R. D., Wachowiak, F. (2010) in the chapter on Art and Literacy (shared in lecture), even after we learn to write, drawing is essential because
we formulate meaning through representation
Nathalie Miebach is a sculptor who translates data into patterns of sculpture so we can better understand __________________________ (fill in the blank)
weather and storms