Discuss how Howard Gardners theory of intelligence differs from more traditional theories regarding intelligence.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2Define creativity and discuss three characteristics that describe creative people.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Match each statement to the item listed below.
a. proposes that childrens art emerges from emotion and reflects what they feel
b. suggests that children draw what they see; vision projects an image of the real object on the retina, but then the image is restructured and interpreted based on prior experience, personality, and neurological structure
c. assumes that children draw what they know
d. advocate that childrens art ability develops naturally, through a series of universal stages, and that adult intervention or direct teaching can adversely affect it
e. a scribble intended to be a picture
f. a drawing that looks like something in the real world
g. involves interactive dialogue between teacher and children to look closely at the picture, examine details, and relate what they see
h. children relate the elements and qualities of the picture
i. invites children to stretch their imaginations by asking, for instance, What kind of person do you think this man is?
j. children are helped to find personal meaning in the artwork by relating it to their own worlds
psychoanalytic theory
perceptual theory
cognitive theory
developmental theory
preschematic stage
schematic stage
description
analysis
interpretation
judgment
Question 4Early childhood materials that are flexible rather than structured and that can be used in a variety of ways rather than in only a single manner are called _____________________________
_.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 5Howard Gardners theory of _________________________ acknowledges that creativity is also part of our cognitive makeup.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 6Inclusion of music in the early childhood curriculum is a matter of identifying and training special musical talent.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 7Music can match as well as affect our moods.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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