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Davis, Jessica – Studies in Art Education, 1997
Tests the hypothesis of U-shaped development in graphic symbolization that postulates similarities between the drawings of preschool children and adult artists, and the loss or suppression of the early facility in middle childhood. Confirms the existence of a decline in symbolic skills in adolescent children. Presents implications for art…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Child Development
Davis, Jessica – 1993
This cross-sectional study examined the u-shaped development in graphic symbolization, a theory postulating that aesthetic properties of preschool children's drawings are similar to those of adult artists' drawings. Subjects were 140 artists and non-artists from 7 age groups, ranging from 5-year-old children to adults. All subjects were given the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Aesthetic Values, Age Differences
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Davis, Jessica – Educational Horizons, 1993
The natural graphic talents of very young children do not deteriorate with age. Rather, aesthetic symbols are progressively devalued in the curriculum. Greater acknowledgement of the importance of graphic symbolization will improve symbolic literacy and contribute to cognitive development. (SK)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Childrens Art, Early Childhood Education
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Davis, Jessica – Studies in Art Education, 1997
Critiques the attempt by David Pariser and Axel van den Berg to apply the author's methods to a cross-cultural study. Argues that their study is too flawed to be definitive. Suggests means to test the universality of the U-curve as a cognitive development pattern or an artifact of culturally defined aesthetics. (DSK)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Child Development, Childrens Art