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Peer reviewedGoodnow, Jacqueline J. – Child Development, 1978
Examined the likelihood of changes in various parts of children's drawings of people when the children were asked to represent action. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Art, Componential Analysis, Freehand Drawing
Peer reviewedCoates, Elizabeth – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2002
Examined drawings and transcripts of accompanying narratives made by 3- to 7-year-old children in a preschool setting. Analyzed the symbolism of the pictures and the children's stories about them that formed a background or explanation of each picture, noting developmental differences between the age groups. (JPB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Childrens Art, Content Analysis
Download full textDavis, Jessica – 1993
This cross-sectional study examined the u-shaped development in graphic symbolization, a theory postulating that aesthetic properties of preschool children's drawings are similar to those of adult artists' drawings. Subjects were 140 artists and non-artists from 7 age groups, ranging from 5-year-old children to adults. All subjects were given the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Aesthetic Values, Age Differences
