1. The distinction between sociodramatic play and creative dramatics is that:
- Sociodramatic play involves pretend activities; creative dramatics involves real life events
- Sociodramatic play involves fantasy; creative dramatics involves a script
- Sociodramatic play involves pretend activities; creative dramatics is a more complex activity
- Sociodramatic play is more structured than creative dramatics
2. The dramatic arts involve three of Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences.
- Kinesthetic, spatial and linguistic
- Logical, naturalistic and dramatic
- Existential, modernistic and artistic
- Intrapersonal, extra personal and interpersonal
3. One of the strengths of creative drama is the opportunity for small group work. In drama, children can:
- Plan ahead so they will not need to learn to think on their feet
- Interact and communicate to create a community of ideas, images, and actions
- Focus on developing a monologue so they will not have to adjust to others
- Prepare a speech to present before an audience
4. The long term benefits of creative drama include:
- Independent thinking, problem-solving, collaboration skills
- Empathy for others, development of imagination, expanding oral language
- developing values, understanding of self, learning to make decisions
- All of the above
5. A simple way to involve children in nonthreatening drama experiences is to use participation stories. These are stories that have:
- chants, sound effect, and repeated phrases
- Have lines for children to memorize
- Invite children to participate
- A and C
6. Geraldine Siks, a leading authority on children's drama, believes that young children up to the age eleven should:
- Participate only in informal drama
- Learn to perform a play perfectly for parents to enjoy
- Learn to recite memorized lines
- Understand complex plots and character development
7. According to your text, storytelling provides:
- An opportunity for children to visualize characters
- An opportunity for children to visualize events
- An opportunity to listen to stories without the use of written text
- All of the above
8. Research has identified specific benefits of storytelling to young children.
- When children listen to stories told, it increases their comprehension of the story
- When children listen to stories told, they identify more elements of the sequence
- When children listen to stories told, they are more fluent in their retellings
- All of the above
9. Reader's Theater, a relatively new concept in the creative arts, is appropriate for:
- Preschoolers
- Older children who are able to read fluently
- Toddlers
- Infants
10. All members of the drama community should:
- be respected and listen carefully to others
- Be able to contribute ideas and solve problems collaboratively
- Operate by democratic values and care about the feelings of others
- All of the above
11. Creative dramatics provides the bridge that Vygotsky believed was necessary for learning and included:
- Internalization of knowledge.
- Communication that did not occur.
- Social interaction and feedback.
- Both A and C.
- All of the above.
12. Children with special needs can enjoy participating in creative drama in the early childhood classroom because:
- It is process focused, involves improvisation, and is guided by the leader.
- There are few opportunities to work together with classmates.
- It is not necessary for them to speak for the characters.
- It discourages movement and actions.
- All of the above.
13. When young children are working together on a drama they are involved in:
- Finding a time and place for the drama to happen.
- Creating the exact words of the characters.
- The production rather than the process.
- Creating a storyline, events, and conclusion.
- All of the above.
14. The research of Dorothy and Jerome Singer and others has found that children who are involved in creative dramatics are:
- Advanced in their oral language and better able to communicate their ideas verbally.
- More skilled in oral language but less able to listen to the ideas of others.
- Similar to the children who have not had experiences with drama.
- Less interested in language and literacy experiences.
- All of the above.
15. Attending a live theater performance can be appropriate for young children if:
- The story is meaningful for the children.
- It does not include music and dance.
- The production is filled with action.
- Both A and C.
- None of the above.