This article describes a joint effort between a mathematics educator and a middle school art teacher who wanted their students to experience first hand how construction works in the real world. It starts with students designing and building scale models for a large inflatable item in which they display their art and extends to building the…

THIS INVESTIGATION WAS CONCERNED WITH THE QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES OF ART TEACHERS AT THE FIRST-GRADE, SEVENTH-GRADE, AND COLLEGE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVELS. THESE THREE LEVELS WERE CHOSEN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM EFFECTS OF STUDENT AGE ON TEACHER QUESTIONING. TWENTY TEACHERS, EACH AVERAGING ABOUT 7 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, PARTICIPATED IN THE…

Introduces students in grades seven-nine to the sometimes ambiguous differences between abstract and realistic art. Explores ways in which the same idea can be expressed in both formats, using Cy Twombly's "Synopsis of a Battle" as an example. Students research a war and create both abstract and realistic pictures of the battlefield…

Presents a lesson plan for students in grades seven to nine which examines the working methods of Deborah Butterfield's sculpture and its place in contemporary U.S. art. Includes a photograph of the sculpture, "Derby Horse," and provides background information about the artist, student objectives, instructional strategies, and evaluation…