IAS Final Test Questions & Answers
2024/2025
Which VAPA Strand is defined: "analyzing and critiquing" works in the arts... Students also "assess and
derive meaning" from performances, productions, and original works, including their own. -
ANSWERSAesthetic Valuing
Which of the following terms are interchangeable with the term arts integration or AI? - ANSWERSarts
infusion, interdisciplinary learning, arts based, arts immersion
Arts education is mandated in our State Education Code for pupils in grades 1-12, in the disciplines of
dance, music, theater and visual arts. Implementation of arts education is the responsibility of each
school district. - ANSWERStrue
Read through the document "VAPA Strands Defined." Which VAPA Strand is defined: "creating a work,
performing and participating in the arts disciplines," including original formal and informal works. -
ANSWERSCreative Expression
Match each Arts Education Project with where it takes place
ArtsBridge
ArtsConnection
CETA Changing Education Through the Arts
A+ Schools
Value Plus Schools - ANSWERSCA university, 13 states, n. ireland
,120 NYC public schools
Kenndey center, washington dc
North carolina, south dakota, arkansas
six schools in tennessee
According to your text, creativity is a talent that cannot be taught. - ANSWERSfasle
Which of the following effects for arts-based learning is true? - ANSWERSall of the above
The power of an arts experience to stun, to raise the hair on the back of the neck or elicit profound sobs
as a profound response to beauty is called the ____________________ Effect. - ANSWERSstendhal
AI (Arts Integration) lessons often use art products (paintings, music, performances) as a form of "text"
as lesson anchors to deepen understanding. - ANSWERStrue
Read through the document "VAPA Strands Defined." Which VAPA Strand involves "connecting and
applying what is learned in one arts discipline and comparing it to learning in the other arts, other
subject areas, and careers." - ANSWERSConnections, Relationships, Applications
Read through the document "VAPA Strands Defined." For each arts discipline the content standards are
grouped under five visual and performing arts strands. Place a check mark by each of the five correct
strands. - ANSWERSArtistic Perception
Historical and Cultural Context
Aesthetic Valuing
Connections, Relations, and Applications
Creative Expression
, According to Howard Gardner, architect of multiple intelligences, it is important to give students
opportunities for creative expression in drawing, painting, acting, or dancing without any guidance from
the teacher. Students do not need explicit instruction in artistic skills or processes, they will make the
discoveries on their own. - ANSWERSfalse
According to the State Frameworks curriculum guide, which of the following are elementary classroom
teachers responsible for? - ANSWERSall of the above
What does VAPA stand for? - ANSWERSvisual and performing arts
Which VAPA Strand is defined: "processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through
the use of vocabulary and skills unique to dance, music, theatre and the visual arts"? - ANSWERSartistic
perception
According to the California Alliance for Arts Education's Top 10 Things to Know About Arts Education in
California, 93% of Americans consider the arts to be vital to providing a well-rounded education for
children and a critical link to learning and success. - ANSWERStrue
Which of the following statements about Brain research and arts-based learning are true? Check ALL that
apply. - ANSWERSTraining in acting appears to lead to memory improvement through the learning of
skills for manipulating semantic information.
Dramatic play, movement exploration, and experimentation with art materials can create a feeling of
well-being that releases dopamine and changes brain chemistry.
Speech, writing and reading are governed by the left brain and visual imagery occurs in the right brain.
Dance that employs effective observational learning may transfer to other cognitive skills.
According to the California Alliance for Arts Education's Top 10 Things to Know About Arts Education in
California, Extensive research has NOT demonstrated any significant impact toward student learning,
higher test scores, truancy or dropout rates. - ANSWERSfalse
Which VAPA Strand is defined: "understanding the historical contributions and the cultural dimensions of
an arts discipline.".. including musicians, composers, artists, actors, dancers choreographers, and writers
as well as cultures and historical periods? - ANSWERShistorical and cultural context
