String Methods I Final Exam

Arco

Playing with the bow

Pizzicato

Plucking strings without the bow

Detaché

Moving the bow back and forth on the string

Purfling

Ridges on the edge of the body of the instrument

Lift Symbol

Apostrophe or breath mark

Half Step Symbol

^

Down Bow Symbol

Looks like the frog

Up Bow Symbol

Looks like the tip

Bow Division Symbol

WB, LH, UH

Syntax

The set of conventions for organizing symbols, words, or phrases together into structures

Artifacts

Authentic work completed by the teacher or students including lesson plans, copies of instructional and assessment materials, video clips of teaching, and student work samples

Artistic Expression

Creative talents that include self and/or personal expression, imaginative choices, interpretation, creativity, improvisation, and the ability to explore and create freely without formal boundaries within the specific discipline of the arts

Assessment

All activities undertaken by teachers and students that provide information to be used as feedback to modify teaching and learning activities; provide evidence of students’ prior knowledge, thinking, or learning to evaluate what students understand and how they’re thinking

Personal Assets

Specific background information that students bring to the learning environment such as interests, knowledge, everyday experiences, family backgrounds, etc

Cultural Assets

Cultural backgrounds and practices that students bring to the learning environment such as traditions, languages and dialects, worldviews, literature, art, etc

Community Assets

Common backgrounds and experiences that students bring from the community where they live such as resources, local landmarks, community events and practices, etc

Central Focus

Description of the important understandings and core concepts that you want students to develeop within the learning segment

Contextual Understandings

Notion of learning about and reflecting on the skills and techniques of an art form as it is influenced by all the elements of the world including historical, cultural, social, global, and personal, and the impact those elements have made upon the evolution of the art form

Creativity

The act of transforming original and imagined ideas into tangible reality

Learning Objectives

Student learning outcomes to be achieved by the end of the lesson or learning segment

Learning Segment

A set of 3-5 lessons that build one upon another toward a central focus, with a clearly defined beginning and end

Learning Task

Includes activities, discussion, or other modes of participation that engage students to develop, practice, and apply skills and knowledge related to a specific learning goal

Patterns of Learning

Include both quantitative and qualitive patterns for different groups of students or individuals