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1
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What are Lowenfeld’s 6 art “stages”?

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Scribbling, Pre-schematic, Schematic, Gang, Pseudo-naturalistic, Decision

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Give examples of how artists engage the public in questions of social justice through their art

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Identity, Naming Injustice, Providing a Vision

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What are Amabile’s three components of creativity?

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Expertise, Motivation, and Creative thinking

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What is the four stage model of Creativity?

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1) Preparation
2) Process
3) Incubation / Insight
4) Solution / Judgment

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5
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At what age do we develop the ability to pretend?

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Age 2

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What is the Additive Approach?

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It is a level of integration of multicultural content into the curriculum.

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About what percentage of our waking time is spent daydreaming/imaging?

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About 25%

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What is a savant?

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A person with a disability (generally mental) who excels in a particular area (visual skills, music, math, and art). Narrow but deep knowledge.
*Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder are most commonly associated with this term.
No single theory explains all savants.

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T / F

The rage to master is a trait exhibited by gifted students.

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True.

Rage to Master is the drive to excel, to learn all possible and acquire skill on a subject.

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What are the seven Principles of Design?

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Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Repetition, Proportion, Rhythm, Variety, Unity.

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What are the elements of art?

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Texture, Color, Space, Form, Shape, Line

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T / F

Does experience influence a child’s artwork and art skill?

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True

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Which is a characteristic of Lowenfeld's Pre-schematic stage?
A: Mandalas/circles
B: Tadpoles
C: Scribbling
D: Naturalistic drawing
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B: Tadpoles are a characteristic.
Others include:
Representation of humans/animals
What is important about a subject
Use of color - emotionally
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Which of the following is NOT an example of what Elliot Eisner says education can learn from the arts?
A) Education can learn from the arts that everything interacts
B) Education can learn from the arts that slowing down perception is the most promising way to see what is actually there.
C) Education can learn from the arts that the limits of language are the limits of cognition
D) Education can learn from the arts that open-ended tasks permit the exercise of imagination

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C is not an example of what Elliot Eisner says education can learn from the arts
Education can learn from the arts that the limits of language are NOT the limits of cognition.

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15
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________ are the basic components of art making.

________ deal with the composition of the artwork.

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Elements of Art

Principles of Art

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16
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What percentage of the brain is dedicated to visual processing?

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25% or 1/4 of the brain is devoted to visual processing.

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T / F

The ability to pretend emerges at age 2 and blossoms through age 6

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True

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18
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Each of these serves as a purpose of art criticism in schools EXCEPT:
A. to develop students’ appreciation and understanding of how visual culture reflects the larger culture
B. to help students differentiate between good and bad art and to ultimately determine the work’s monetary value
C. to search for the meaning of the art and think about the artist’s intent
D. to help the viewer to slow down and see what the work includes, suggesting there is “no one right way” to see an artwork

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B. Helping students differentiate between good and bad art (Is ridiculous, no such thing as good or bad art), ultimately determining the work’s monetary value is NOT a purpose of art criticism

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19
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Which is not an example of a thinking tool?
A. imaging
B. playing
C. critical thinking
D. observing
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Critical thinking is not one of the 13 thinking tools of art

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20
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What does the Contextualist approach to art focus on?

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The Contextualist Approach to Art focuses on subject matter such as the context and society in which the art was created

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21
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What are the six things that build a better brain?

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Genetics, Nutrition, Exercise, Feedback, Love, Arts

22
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T / F

Prophetic reality refers to layers of self.

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False
Prophetic reality refers to imagining the future.
Archaeological reality refers to layers of self.

23
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What kind of geometry is used in the crocheted coral reefs made by Margaret Wertheim?

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Answer: hyperbolic geometry

24
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What is Imaging?

How does it relate to “what cannot be said in words?”

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Imaging is the recreation of thoughts, feelings, and sensory impression in our minds without extrinsic stimulation from corresponding organs.
Artists attempt to capture this ineffable amalgam and translate it into a representation that others can experience.

25
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What type of symbol system does visual arts use?

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An “Open” symbol system

26
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What describes the trouble-shooting process for teaching lessons?

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A systematic approach to teaching that recognizes and anticipates the needs of special education students. This includes flexibility in the case of unexpected situations.

27
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T / F

Formalists believe that art is necessary for society

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False

Contextualists, not formalists, believe that art is necessary for society

28
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T / F Movement is the path the viewers eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas. Such movement can be directed along lines, edges, shape and color within the work of art.

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True

29
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What is culture?

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A set of behavior patterns, symbols, institutions, values and other human-made components of society.

30
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What is an ethnic group?

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Types of multicultural groups with unique characteristics; sharing common culture, historic tradition, sense of “peoplehood”, unique physical and/or cultural characteristics

31
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What are the characteristics of Lowenfeild’s Scribble stage?

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The stage starts between the ages 2-4 years old. Scribbles are made by big arm movements. No attempt is really made for the human figure in early on in the stage but later in the stage scribbles can represent people but not looking like people. Marks are usually repetitive. Doesn’t pay attention to space and space is not important at this point.

32
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What are the three questions one needs to ask to develop art appreciation?

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What is it? What does it mean? What is its value?

33
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What are Kreitler’s four realities?

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Common - household objects, everyday life
Archaeological - layers of self
Normative - Right/Wrong, Society Values
Prophetic - Future

34
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What questions should you ask yourself while you are creating a productive and well organized Lesson Plan?

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Is it creative? Does it teaching something about seeing and making judgments? Does it engage the mind? Does it express something personal? Does it have any connection with the world of art and bigger questions about life?

35
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Which side of the brain is used by creativity?

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Both sides of the brain are used by creativity.

36
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T / F

A base line and sky line with space between representing air is a common characteristic of the preschematic stage

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False. The use of a “sky and ground” with space between for air is characteristics of the schematic stage.

37
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T / F
The definition of visual culture says that we work towards a social theory of visuality, focusing on questions of what is made visible, who sees what, how seeing, knowing and power are interrelated.

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True

38
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According to reading regarding art aesthetics, what are the two major variations of art criticism?

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Formalism and Contextualism

39
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Name general outcomes associated with integrated arts and academics curricula

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  • Reading, verbal and mathematics skills
  • Creative thinking
  • Achievement motivation
  • Cognitive engagement (i.e., connecting with bigger concepts; seeing & making judgments; understanding of cause and effect; etc.)
  • Community engagement and identity
40
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Students who are College and Career ready in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language will exhibit many different thinking skills. List 3 of these.

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  • Comprehend as well as critique
  • Use technology/digital media strategically/capably
  • Come to understand other perspectives and cultures
  • Responds to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
  • Build strong content knowledge
  • Demonstrate independence
41
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Name some of the thinking tools that are used in Worldplay

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Imaging, Empathizing, Modeling, Playing, transforming, Synthesizing

42
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According to Andreason’s “Building Better Brains”, evolution and creativity thrive on:

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Variation

43
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What are the ways we use the tool “transforming” on a daily basis?

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Mnemonics, Concept Maps, Visual Illustrations, Architecture

44
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What are Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development?

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Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operations, Formal Operations

45
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________ is a drawing technique that uses quick, loose, and wispy lines
________ is a drawing technique that uses one solid line (without picking up drawing tool)

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Gesture

Contour

46
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What can we do when using imagination?

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  • Alter, combine, synthesize and otherwise manipulate sensory images to form images and ideas of things “never before wholly perceived in reality by the imaginer”
  • Conjure things that do not yet exist/never will
  • Make believe
  • Plan for the future
  • Take creative leaps we call scientific hypotheses and artistic visions
47
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What is the midden project and how is it related to art?

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Midden project is a way to use your plastic waste and create “Midden Monsters”( art design of a monster out of plastic waste) as a way to represent the environmental awareness of the waste of plastic in out society. This project is ongoing and formed all over the world largely related to the coral reef project

48
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__________ said it is important for children to study art because it is a cultural understanding, national needs, personal communication and expression, general and artistic creativity, and the core participant in learning in school
__________ said it is important for children to study art because the areas enable us to have experience we can have from no other source and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling

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Clements & Wachowiak

Eisner

49
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What does pattern recognition in other patterns lead directly to?

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Analogizing

50
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What is a domain?

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Domain consists of a set of symbolic rules and procedures

51
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What are examples of “low” visual forms?

What are examples of “high” visual forms?

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Media and ads

Fine art, architecture, and fashion

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