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How Children Learn To Draw the Human Figure: Studies from Singapore.
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Matthews, John – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1997
Studied drawing strategies used by children ages 2 to 4 in Singapore nurseries and kindergartens using experiments and naturalistic observation. Found that during period when children are supposedly "scribbling," they make systematic investigations of visual structure and develop a cluster of representational strategies involving patches…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Art, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing
Two Objects Not the Same = Liang ge dong xi bu yi yang.
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Matthews, John – Visual Arts Research, 1997
Studies how Singaporean children differentiate in drawing between a sphere and an elongated, straight-sided ovoid. Tests Piaget's and Inhelder's beliefs that very young children are unable to differentiate in their drawings between differently contoured shapes. Finds that children are able to show the difference in drawings between the two shapes.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Art, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries