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Peer reviewedSmith, Nancy R. – Art Education, 1983
Current beliefs about how children draw emphasize the importance of drawing from memory, rather than from observation. However, an experiment with children aged seven to nine showed that observation drawings included greater detail and complexity. More research on observation drawing is recommended. (IS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Educational Research, Elementary Education
