Exam 18: Rhythmic Movement Skills

Improvising dances can provide children opportunities to express their talents.

All body movements tend to be rhythmic.

Locomotor skills are inherently rhythmic in execution.

Essential characteristics of music that children should recognize, understand, and appreciate include:

Tempo refers to the manner in which the beats are put together to form a measure of music.

At Developmental Level III, students are comfortable moving with partners of the opposite sex.

Stimulating creativity includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Appropriate Developmental Level II rhythmic movements include:

Tempo is the underlying rhythm of the music.

Acceptable methods for arranging dance partners include all of the following EXCEPT:

Level I folk dances consist of simple fundamental locomotor skills.

At Developmental Level II, all the activities are taught with an emphasis on mastering simple locomotor skills rather than on performing the dances with perfection.

A major use of the drumbeat is guiding the movement from one pattern to another by signaling tiny increments of change with light beats that control the flow.

With creative movement, the emphasis is on the movement outcomes rather than on the process.

The speed of the music is referred to as the tempo.

Which of the following are ways of modifying rhythmic activities to increase the probability of success?

Ways to increase students' interest in rhythmic activities include:

International understanding can be enhanced through folk dances.

Identify two examples of rhythmic accompaniment and its purpose.

It is best to avoid the left-right and clockwise-counterclockwise orientations when introducing a new dance.