Deck 11: Developmental Levels and Art

Question 1

Felt-tip pens and colored markers are excellent tools for the early scribble stage.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The three developmental levels in drawing are scribble stage, ordered forms stage, and pictorial stage.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A characteristic of the early pictorial (first drawings) stage is the repetition of the circle form.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Another name for the pictorial stage is the schematic stage.

Question 5

It is important in the scribble stage to not limit the number and variety of materials for young scribblers.

Question 6

The purpose of keeping a portfolio is to reflect the child's progress in art.

Question 7

The schematic stage refers to the child's ability to make geometric forms.

Question 8

In the later pictorial (first drawings) stage, a child draws symbols easily and at will.

Question 9

Pictures or first drawings are different from scribbles in that they are representational.

Question 10

There is no exact pattern of development for each age group.

Question 11

Using the basic stages of child's art development, a teacher can plan specific activities for each age of child in the
group.

Question 12

Generally, the first basic forms drawn are the circle and the square.

Question 13

The early stage of scribbling is random scribbling.

Question 14

The term "two­dimensional" refers to any art form that is flat.

Question 15

One universal form seen in the later scribble stage is the mandala.

Question 16

In the preschematic stage, the child works on perfecting basic forms.

Question 17

Another name for the basic forms stage is the postschematic stage.

Question 18

Piaget and Kellogg's Analyzing Children's Art first drew attention to the successive stages of development in
children's drawings.

Question 19

Children in the basic forms stage are capable of using different tools in addition to crayons.

Question 20

Just as young children experience various stages of physical development, they also develop art abilities in a gradual process, going through specific stages.

Question 21

In the later scribble stage:

A) basic forms begin to emerge.
B) forms represent ideas.
C) repeated movements among scribbles begin to appear.
D) lines are the prevalent form seen in the child's work.

Question 22

Lucy holds the crayon with her fist and often scribbles off the paper. She is in the:

A) early basic forms stage.
B) scribble stage.
C) basic forms stage.
D) early pictorial stage.

Question 23

"Tadpole" figures are evident in the later scribble stages.

Question 24

Children in the gang stage of art development are generally:

A) 8 to 12 years of age.
B) 6 to 8 years of age.
C) 6 to 9 years of age.
D) 9 to 12 years of age.

Question 25

Children in the gang stage of art development:

A) need encouragement to be self-accepting.
B) are critical of their own work.
C) discover space in their drawings.
D) all of the above.

Question 26

In the preschematic stage, forms are drawn:

A) to depict mental images.
B) in and of themselves.
C) to represent ideas.
D) all of the above.

Question 27

In the gang stage of art development, children are beginning to become critical of their work.

Question 28

The gang stage of art development comes from the theories of Piaget.

Question 29

A schema is a:

A) generalized form made by the child.
B) mental structure.
C) mental structure and highly individual form.
D) predictable image.

Question 30

Children in the basic forms stage need:

A) crayons.
B) crayons and tempera paint.
C) crayons, tempera paint, and large lead pencils.
D) crayons, tempera paint, large lead pencils, and ink pens.

Question 31

Mary fills her paper with circles. She is in the:

A) controlled scribble stage.
B) early pictorial stage.
C) basic forms stage.
D) later pictorial stage.

Question 32

A symbol is a visual representation:

A) developed through practice with a model figure.
B) of something important to the child.
C) that develops in the process of drawing.
D) of a fantasy in the child's mind.

Question 33

The skills necessary for the basic forms stage are:

A) hand-eye coordination and large muscle development.
B) hand-eye coordination and small muscle development.
C) muscle control and hand-eye coordination.
D) muscle control and visual acuity.

Question 34

The first writer to draw attention to the stages of children's art development was:

A) Cooke.
B) Piaget and Kellogg.
C) Piaget.
D) Lowenfeld.

Question 35

Each stage in the development of art is:

A) sequential.
B) characterized by shifting progress.
C) highly generalized.
D) none of the above.

Question 36

Portfolios themselves show parents the story and planned learning behind each piece.

Question 37

Portfolios are helpful in early childhood programs because:

A) they provide a place to store children's work.
B) they provide a record of children's progress.
C) they provide a record of children's progress and they give parents a view of the child's progress.
D) they give parents a view of the child's progress.

Question 38

Art in which symbols are used to represent something important to the child is called .

Question 39

Generally, the first basic form drawn is the:

A) square.
B) circle or oval.
C) oval.
D) rectangle.

Question 40

A schema is simply an individual way of drawing.

Question 41

Crayon quality is determined by .

Question 42

A child who has the ability to draw the variety of marks that make up pictures is in the stage called .

Question 43

One universal form seen most often in the later scribbling stage is .

Question 44

For first painting activities, beginners should paint .

Question 45

A highly individual way of drawing that the child uses to organize and process his or her knowledge of the world is
_________.

Question 46

A portfolio should contain .

Question 47

The square and rectangle are made in the stage called .

Question 48

The gang stage of art development was developed by the theories of .

Question 49

How a child holds the crayon is an indication of .