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Dempster, Edith; Stears, Michèle – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
The purpose of the study is to find out what a group of seven-year-old South African children understand of their internal anatomy. The research is based on the premise that young children obtain most of their science knowledge through personal experience. Drawings are used to determine the level of young children's knowledge of systems and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Anatomy
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Louis, Linda – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2013
This article reports on the most recent phase of an ongoing research program that examines the artistic graphic representational behavior and paintings of children between the ages of four and seven. The goal of this research program is to articulate a contemporary account of artistic growth and to illuminate how young children's changing…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Painting (Visual Arts), Creative Development, Child Development
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Schulte, Christopher M. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2011
Reconceptualizing the relationship between a child/subject and the adult/researcher is necessary in order to begin unraveling the possibilities entangled in children's learning practices, particularly those articulated by/through children's drawing performances. This article seeks to expand upon the complexities of researcher/subject…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Learning, Performance