The teacher encourages childrens creativity by
a. providing enough time for children to get involved in and complete projects.
b. encouraging problem solving.
c. helping children find answers to problems or questions rather than providing solutions.
d. All of these answers.
Question 2Which response is most likely to encourage childrens creativity?
a. You really worked hard on your painting
b. What a lovely picture you painted
c. Look at Nicoles picture, everyone Didnt she do a great job?
d. Can you draw a house next to the tree here the way Rico did?
Question 3An art project in which all the children follow the teachers directions exactly to make a flower, and all of the childrens flowers look exactly alike, tells the children that
a. only a copy of the teachers work is acceptable.
b. unique expressions are unacceptable.
c. everyone should feel and think in the same way .
d. All of these answers.
Question 4A creative environment
a. provides activities and materials for artistic expression.
b. includes teachers who are open to and accepting of childrens ideas.
c. is arranged so that children can explore and select materials freely.
d. All of these answers.
Question 5Understanding that intelligence is expressed in many different ways by children allows educators to
a. focus on childrens weaknesses.
b. limit the experiences they offer to one or two modes of learning.
c. focus on academics rather than on creative experiences.
d. recognize and value the many ways in which children communicate and represent their ideas.
Question 6According to Howard Gardner, traditional theories used in education measure only limited aspects of intelligence such as
a. linguistic and logico-mathematical.
b. musical and spatial intelligence.
c. kinesthetic and mathematical.
d. reading and logic.
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