Final Exam Flashcards by Sami Mckenna

The basic types of learning, according to our author include:

a. teacher-centered, child-centered, and school-centered
b. cognitive, psychomotor, and affective
c. cognitive, affective, and domain centered
d. cognitive, psychomotor, and stuctural

b. cognitive, psychomotor, and affective

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Affective learning allows students to:

a. express their feelings
b. be aware of how composers use sound to express ideas
c. all of these choices
d. experience mixtures of feelings that words cannot express

c. all of these choices

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Using the categories of ‘basic types of learning’, according to our author, which of the following are most closely related?

a. active learning and teacher-centered learning
b. active learning and cognitive learning
c. active learning and child-centered learning
d. active learning and music learning

c. active learning and child-centered learning

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Mr. Dunn plays a march and encourages students to move around the room with the music. The teacher is facilitating:

a. cognitive learning
b. teacher-centered learning
c. affective learning
d. psychomotor learning

d. psychomotor learning

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Mrs. Barrymore plays a short excerpt from Tchaikovsky;s “The Nutcracker” after hearing the excerpt, he asks children how they felt about the sudden changes in dynamics. The teacher is facilitating:

a. affective learning
b. teacher-centered learning
c. psychomotor learning
d. cognitive learning

a. affective learning

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Miss Campos is teaching her children about Mexico and brings in her guitar and plays a Spanish song “El Burrito Tingalayo” to help the children understand the culture. This teacher is facilitating:

a. affective learning
b. psychomotor learning
c. cognitive learning
d. multicultural learning

d. multicultural learning

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Which of the following is not one of the structures of musical learning?

a. allowing multisensory ways to experience a concept
b. organizing materials sequentially
c. labeling music before experiencing it
d. using a conceptual approach to learning

c. labeling music before experiencing it

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Teaching to transfer:

a. allows students to connect musical learning to settings outside of school
b. allows students to apply what they have previously learned to a new musical situation
c. all of these choices
d. allows students to connect musical learning to other curricular areas

c. all of these choices

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Federal legislation mandates:

a. paraprofessionals for music teachers
b. workshops for teachers
c. instructional accommodations for identified student
d. instructional accommodations for all students

c. instructional accommodations for identified student

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When working with students with special needs, teachers need to:

a. all of these choices
b. consider the individual child when making adaptations
c. create lessons that utilize only one type of instructional technique
d. refrain from making lessons multisensory

b. consider the individual child when making adaptations

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The purpose of setting long term goals is to assist the teacher in

a. knowing how to teach the subject matter from beginning to end
b. setting out the class objectives
c. clearly stating what is to be ultimately achieved in the learning environment
d. determining short-term goals

c. clearly stating what is to be ultimately achieved in the learning environment

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_________ often indicate what needs to be accomplished in a particular week or lesson

a. long-term goals
b. short-term goals
c. concepts
d. objectives

b. short-term goals

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Appropriate rhythmic mastery Kindergarten children include:

a. keeping a steady beat
b. improvising an 8 beat echo rhythm
c. writing a 4 beat rhythm on the board
d. read or create simple music notation

a. keeping a steady beat

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A collection of experiences or ideas that are grouped together based on common properties are:

a. concepts
b. long-term goals
c. objectives
d. short-term goals

a. concepts

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When writing a lesson plan, the plan should include all except (according to your text):

a. the grade level
b. materials needed
c. long-term goals
d. assessment options

c. long-term goals

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The National Music Standards most useful for Elementary Classroom Educators is:

a. reading and notating music
b. singing alone and with others a wide variety of music
c. playing instruments alone and with others a wide variety of music
d. understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

d. understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

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Providing closure to a lesson allows the teacher to:

a. assess students’ learning
b. give the students a quiz
c. clean up the room and put away materials
d. pull together separate parts of the lesson and give students a sense of finality

d. pull together separate parts of the lesson and give students a sense of finality

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List one way you can include a multicultural experience for your students in your classroom using music?
Grade level:
Experience:

Grade level: 3rd

Experience: Belize - often use buckets for drums/other recycled materials; students can create their own

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The song used in the lesson in your textbook in chapter 2 to identify a counting song was:

a. The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
b. Flight of the Bumblebees by Rimsky Korsakov
c. Five Little Pumpkins
d. Pacific 321

c. Five Little Pumpkins

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If you can’t sing in a high register (between D and A for the child’s voice) it is recommended that you may do any of the following except:

a. play a recording
b. use a child to help you start the song
c. sing in your low voice that is comfortable for you
d. us a recorder or melody bells

c. sing in your low voice that is comfortable for you

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The best description of a young child’s healthy singing voice is:

a. it sounds like their parent or teacher who sings to them daily
b. it is relatively high and light in volume and timbre (sound quality)
c. it is low and chant-like
d. it is loud and much like singers heard on the radio

b. it is relatively high and light in volume and timbre (sound quality)

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We spent a significant amount of time in class learning how to play the ___________. This can be a very useful instrument for teachers who want to use accompaniment as they sing a song but are unable to play piano

a. recorder
b. lyre
c. autoharp
d. pitch pipe

c. autoharp

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According to your text, early Primary (1st and 2nd grade) children have the following vocal characteristics:

a. most voices are high and light, a few may be low
b. singing range is D-B or D-D
c. children understand the difference between a playground-shouting voice and a singing voice
d. all of the above

d. all of the above

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According to your text, 1st and 2nd-grade children (ages 6 and 7) have the following song interests:

a. children like songs about animals, community, friends, action, pretending, and folk games
b. children like songs that deal with familiar experiences such as bedtime/wake-up songs, helping songs, songs about friends and family
c. children enjoy songs related to adventure, history, emotions, and culture. In addition to singing, children like to harmonize and accompany songs with classroom instruments
d. children like songs about America (Native Americans, Pilgrims), transportation, geography, the circus, planets, songs from other lands

a. children like songs about animals, community, friends, action, pretending, and folk games

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To begin to read printed music, according to the text, it is important that a child: a. experience musical sounds in conjunction with the introduction of visual symbols b. experience musical sounds before the introduction of visual symbols c. can read the printed text before the introduction of visual symbols d. experience musical sounds after the introduction of musical symbols

b. experience musical sounds before the introduction of visual symbols

Which of these approaches is NOT a part of the philosophy of the Kodaly pedagogy (p. 92) a. any style of music, as long as it is sung, can be used in teaching b. children's folk songs should be the vehicle for all early instruction c. to be most effective, music education must begin with the very young child d. singing is the best foundation for musicianship

a. any style of music, as long as it is sung, can be used in teaching

There are many different ways to teach children "part singing". One such way is teaching using a(n) _________, or a repeated melodic/rhythmic line that is sung against the main melody of the song, as described on p. 111. One example in your text that demonstrated singing using this technique was Zum Gali Gali: a. partner song b. ostinato c. call and response d. rounds

b. ostinato

In order to sing in their light high "head" voice, children must learn to distinguish between their four voices. These four voices are... 1. singing 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________

2. yelling/shouting 3. whisper 4. talking

The four principal string instruments of the orchestra from highest to lowest are: a. bass, cello, viola, violin b. violin, viola, cello, harp c. violin, viola, cello, double bass d. violin, guitar, viola, cello

c. violin, viola, cello, double bass

The four principal brass instruments of the orchestra from highest to lowest are: a. saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba b. trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba c. trumpet, saxophone, french horn, trombone d. tuba, trombone, french horn, trumpet

b. trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba

The four-voice classifications from lowest to highest are: a. tenor, bass, alto, soprano b. bass, tenor, alto, soprano c. soprano, alto, tenor, bass d. soprano, alto, bass, tenor

b. bass, tenor, alto, soprano

Which of the following is not an unpitched percussion instrument? a. maracas b. marimba c. cabasa d. triangle

b. marimba

A listening experience is different from a visual experience because: a. all of these choices b. no two performances are the same c. it is heard in the present and in our memory d. music passes through time

a. all of these choices

Sensitivity to music develops: a. gradually through repeated hearings b. instantly after the first hearing c. after hearing about the composer d. when students are older (4th and 5th grade)

a. gradually through repeated hearings

Hearing music and listening to music are two very different experiences a. True b. False

a. True

Techniques for teaching students to listen to music include all of the following except: a. using visual representations b. written listening guides c. having students listen passively d. utilizing familiar songs

c. having students listen passively

Operas: a. all of these choices b. are not staged c. are based on religious texts d. contain arias

d. contain arias

Oratorios: a. all of these choices b. are not staged c. contain arias d. are based on religious texts

a. all of these choices

To move from one place to another to develop body awareness in space is called ___________ movement

locomotor

Movement within a stationary position is called ________________ movement

non-locomotor

The three components of the Dalcroze approach are: a. rhythmic movement, beat, and solfege b. rhythmic movement, beat, and meter c. rhythmic movement, beat, and improvisation d. rhythmic movement, improvisation, and solfege

d. rhythmic movement, improvisation, and solfege

We did several dances in class. One was to an Appalachian Folk Song using a move called the "Grand Right and Left". What is the title of the song to which we danced?

Oh, Suzanna

During the song, Pop Goes the Weasel, we did a specific dance facing each other. That type of dance is called a. square dance b. imitative dance c. line dance with peel-off d. circle dance

c. line dance with peel-off

As described on page 227 in your textbook, children can move to the music as an expression of imagery. Children move as their imagination is challenged by activities relating to something previously experienced. An example of such a movement could be

melting like a snowman

As described on page 229 in your textbook, children can move to a beat with a sense of timing. Often this involves bimodal body percussion or skipping. Please list a children's song that could be sung as children move to a beat with a sense of timing

Shoemakers Dance

General guidelines for planning movement experiences include all of the following except: a. keep movements within the skill and abilities of children b. rely only on a recording for movement activities, it is too hard to sing and dance at the same time c. for performance experiences, you may wish to use simple costumes d. ask children to help decide on appropriate interpretive movements

b. rely only on a recording for movement activities, it is too hard to sing and dance at the same time

When planning movement, teachers should be sensitive to children's ages a. true b. false

a. true

_______________ is the name of the well-known Swiss educator recognized as a pioneer in teaching music based on the premise that rhythm is the primary element. He focused on eurhythmics

Dalcroze

Musical systems in the world: a. are often constructed very differently from the system we use in our culture b. are standard because most cultures have adopted the Western music system c. are standard between cultures because music is a universal language d. are less logical than the Western music system

a. are often constructed very differently from the system we use in our culture

Teachers can introduce cultural backgrounds by: a. all of these choices b. inviting guests from a particular culture c. having students research a particular culture d. reading stories from a particular culture

a. all of these choices

The instruments most predominantly used in African music are: a. stringed b. percussion c. metal d. wind

b. percussion

The scales most predominantly used in Asian music are: a. minor b. pentatonic c. chromatic d. major

b. pentatonic

The instruments most predominantly used in Asian music are: a. metal b. percussion c. wind d. stringed

d. stringed

The instruments most predominantly used in European music are: a. stringed and percussion b. wind and stringed c. percussion d. wind

b. wind and stringed

List two characteristics that help you know that you are listening to Asian music

1. soft/delicate | 2. nasaly/pinched timbre

List two characteristics that help you know that you are listening to African music

1. strong beat (syncopation); heavy percussion | 2. groups

Which of the following statements about American music is NOT correct? a. it includes Native American music b. it includes African American music c. because of the enormous ethnic diversity, it is difficult to describe typical characteristics d. it does not include music of Mexico

d. it does not include music of Mexico

Music that is indigenous to the US is: a. polka b. waltz c. blues d. chant

c. blues

Mr. Friedman walked into the class looking like he had just walked off a one dollar bill. He went to the CD player and the tune, "Yankee Doodle" blared through the classroom. This teacher was using the: a. historical approach b. thematic approach c. analogous concepts approach d. cross-cultural approach

a. historical approach

Mrs. Austin had her first graders examine a piece of artwork that used only the shape of a circle. In math, the children counted cheerios, and put them on a string to make a necklace. Science time focused on the water cycle. Then the fifth grade students came in and performed the round they had been practicing. This teacher was using the: a. historical approach b. cross-cultural approach c. analogous concepts approach d. thematic approach

c. analogous concepts approach

It was Cinco de Mayo and the students were excited to learn the Mexican hat dance from Mrs. Rodriguez, a parent. She was going to bring an authentic sombrero and sopapillas (a Mexican dessert) for a special treat. This parent was using the: a. analogous concepts approach b. cross-cultural approach c. historical approach d. thematic approach

b. cross-cultural approach

With Memorial Day quickly approaching, Mrs. Miller, the principal wanted the final PTA program to focus on remembrance. She assembled the teachers and the ideas flowed easily. Mr. Dahl, the art specialist, would study different memorials and examine the architecture. The sixth grade teacher would have her "graduating" students write reflections on their time at the school. Mrs. Treet, the music teacher had been working on patriotic songs so this would fit perfectly. This principle was using the: a. cross-cultural approach b. analogous concepts approach c. thematic approach d. historical approach

c. thematic approach

Nature, love, war, freedom, and religion would be used in: a. an analogous concepts approach b. a thematic approach c. a historical approach d. a cross-cultural approach

b. a thematic approach

Balanced, unity, contrast, and repetition would be used in: a. a historical approach b. a thematic approach c. an analogous concepts approach d. a cross-cultural approach

c. an analogous concepts approach

Miss Butler is interested in using a thematic in relating to music. It is recommended that she utilize the following activity: a. create a paper chain linking and stapling them together to show repetition b. read the poem "money" to students to help them understand unity c. played the piece Bolero by Ravel to help the students understand contrast with different tone colors and dynamics d. showed the picture "Peaceable Kingdom" to students as she was working through the unit Nature

d. showed the picture "Peaceable Kingdom" to students as she was working through the unit Nature

We listened to "Shika no Tone" and observed the picture "Blue III" by Miro. These were listed as artwork that could be used to teach about ___________ using the thematic approach while teaching: a. multicultural musicians and artists b. stillness c. activity d. nature

b. stillness

What does the term "analogous" mean? a. the way a string player pulls on the string while plucking the instrument b. a term used to describe differences c. a comparison of two or more things based on their differences d. a comparison of two things based on them being alike in some way

d. a comparison of two things based on them being alike in some way

Using the historical approach, a teacher could present the book "King Arthur and his Knights" by Mockler to teach the students about knights and the medieval period. Another example using the arts to describe the Medieval era included: a. a recording of Rite of Spring by Stravinsky b. a discussion on the Cathedrals in Europe c. a picture of a painting by Michelangelo d. a book by Shakespeare

b. a discussion on the Cathedrals in Europe

A song mentioned during the lecture that would definitely be classified as an Action song for children in your classroom would be: a. Casey Jones b. O Hanukah c. The Hokey Pokey d. My Big Black Dog

c. The Hokey Pokey

So many songs can be utilized in the classroom to allow integration of music. It can be difficult sometimes to find songs to be used in the classroom. One obvious resource mentioned in class is: a. the public library b. the music textbook used by the music specialist c. songs children bring from home d. pop songs on your playlsit

b. the music textbook used by the music specialist

From which country did the song Auld Lang Syne originate? a. the united states b. Scotland c. Africa d. Italy

b. Scotland

Which song that we heard is associated with President Abraham Lincoln and President's Day? a. Columbia Gem of the Ocean b. We Shall Overcome c. Battle Hymn of the Republic d. Old Colony Times

c. Battle Hymn of the Republic

An example of a song used to assist with science includes: a. Lift Every Voice and Sing b. Old MacDoland Had a Farm c. Follow the Drinkin' Gourd d. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

c. Follow the Drinkin' Gourd

Students should be involved in determining the overall theme of a program. a. true b. false

a. true

Students participating on committees will do all of the following except? a. table decorations b. assist with costumes c. classroom decorations d. finance committee - collect admission

d. finance committee - collect admission

Programs allow students to develop: a. creativity b. all of these choices c. social learning d. cognitive learning

b. all of these choices

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