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Jensen, Mishan; Christian, Cinda; Williams, Holly – Online Submission, 2020
This report examines the impact of Creative Teaching techniques on students' academic growth on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) reading and math tests from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018. Statistically significant growth on STAAR reading was found for students who had teachers who were moderately competent at Creative Teaching…
Descriptors: School Districts, Creative Teaching, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement
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Beck, Robert J. – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2009
The purpose of "Picturing Peace", a digital photography program conducted in 4th and 5th grade classrooms in the U. S. and Northern Ireland, was to enhance students' photographic skills to create visual metaphors of the concept of peace. Two principal research questions were addressed: (a) Could 9-10 year-old students create apt and…
Descriptors: Peace, Imagination, Art Activities, Photography
Spina, Stephanie Urso – 1994
The objective of this study is to assess whether arts-based curriculum facilitates the acquisition of English as a Second Language without sacrificing proficiency in the first language (in this case, Spanish). The paper has two chief parts, one theoretical, the other empirical. In the first part, similarities between authentic arts-based…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Art Activities, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)