Parents and families need to be involved in assessing children's growth. Teachers should foster this involvement by all of the following except:
A) giving parents/families opportunities to provide written feedback on their children's work
B) conferencing with parents/families regarding their children's progress
C) permitting parents/families to visit the classroom only on special days, such as field trips
D) having families review taped or individual performances of their children
Ques. 2Which of the following should be considered in portfolio development?
A) Competence, Cooperation, Collaboration, Cognition, Community
B) Celebration, Cognition, Communication, Cooperation, Competency
C) Communication, Collaboration, Celebration, Capability, Cognition
D) Cooperation, Capability, Collaboration, Competence, Communication
Ques. 3A purpose for using anecdotal records includes:
A) highlight student attitudes, preferences, judgments, and participation
B) compare one child's progress with that of the typically developing child
C) demonstrate their emerging understanding of creativity and the arts
D) provide evidence of the learning that was achieved through the course of a major project
Ques. 4Robinson highlights that one of the challenges with creativity is:
A) allowing kids to be creative
B) creativity is worthwhile
C) assessing the value of creativity
D) guiding children's creative projects
Ques. 5Appropriateness of creative work can be assessed with the following evaluation questions:
A) Did the student like the activity?
B) Did the student fulfill the lesson objective?
C) Did the student finish the activity?
D) How did the child deal with challenges and frustrations?
E) A and C
F) B and D
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 6Assessment of creative thinking and arts-based learning should help teachers to:
A) identify and respond appropriately to the needs of individual children
B) make instructional decisions that benefit the child
C) evaluate program effectiveness
D) all of the above
E) A and B
Ques. 7Which of the following supports children's creative thinking?
A) Let's look at these two pictures.
B) What did you think of the story?
C) What do you predict will happen when?
D) How do you know that is true?
E) What colors did you use in this picture?
Ques. 8An example of an assessment method produced and assessed by the children includes:
A) self-selected work samples
B) teacher-led interviews with children
C) child-led conferences
D) B and C
E) A and C
Ques. 9Appropriate observations of children do the following:
A) include high-inference, value laden terminology
B) record inferred behaviors
C) lack details of the context in which the behavior occurred
D) become the basis for planning a high quality program
E) all of these
Ques. 10Which of the following are part of documentation process?
A) setting a purpose
B) selecting methods, tools, timing
C) analyzing the data
D) formulating a response
E) all of these
Ques. 11When writing letters to families, it is important that educators do all the following, except:
A) write in clear, simple language
B) include detailed lesson plans
C) provide concrete examples
D) explain what children are learning and how parents can help
E) use a positive tone