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Sturner, Raymond A.; Rothbaum, Fred – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Investigated the effect of stress and preparation for stress on emotional indicators (EIs) of children, aged 4 to 12 years, who were hospitalized for elective surgery. All children were asked twice to draw a human figure. EIs increased only in the group that was stressed and unprepared. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Childrens Art, Psychological Patterns
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Ives, S. W. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Kindergartners and second- and fourth-graders were asked to draw familiar objects to see if their drawings would be guided more by graphic principles or by the view before them. Use of graphic principles prevailed in choice of orientation, although many older children recorded other details of the objects they viewed. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Art, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Troy, Alice – Art Education, 1980
To promote the arts as an integral part of the school curriculum, the national PTA offers an annual competition and national showcase, called "Reflections," for the creative efforts of children and young people in the areas of the visual arts, literature, and music. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Products, Childrens Art, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts
Engel, Brenda S. – Principal, 1980
Describes the Prospect Archives, which contain children's artwork and academic work as well as observations and reports on the children by teachers and other staff members of the Prospect School. The contents of the archive document the growth of individual students over a period of years. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Archives, Art, Art Expression, Child Development
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Eliott, Marion L. – School Arts, 1979
Since 1976, the students of Yuma District #1, Arizona, have been participating in an art exchange project with schools in many other countries, as a way of developing international understanding. (SJL)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Cultural Exchange, Elementary Secondary Education, Exchange Programs
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Adkins, Marion Kuo-ching – Theory into Practice, 1978
Mao's dictum on the nature and use of art is followed closely in the area of children's art education. (MM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Chinese Culture, Educational Philosophy
Delaney, Kev – Mathematics Teaching, 1979
An activity is described in which children explored ways of changing a nontessellating circle into curved shapes which would tessellate. (MP)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Creativity, Design Crafts, Elementary Education
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Henkes, Robert – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Describes the development of children's artistic expression from age four through adolescence. Explores the visual-haptic theory, baseline theory, the inside-out expression, the fold-over picture, the upside-down depiction, and the front view-top view display. (RJC)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Child Development, Children
Jellen, Hans G.; Urban, Klaus K. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The article proposes the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production as an appropriate culture-fair assessment to identifying creative potential worldwide. Fifteen sample drawings of children from around the world, all based on the same original stimuli, are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Culture Fair Tests
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Duncum, Paul – Studies in Art Education, 1989
Considers the wide social implications of children's unsolicited drawings of violence, stating that these drawings and children's attitudes toward them are indicative of a central social contradiction; a society that is violent but champions peace. Discusses avenues for action by art educators to help children's development. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Freehand Drawing, Primary Education
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Conrad, David R. – Teachers College Record, 1995
Examines the community mural movement as an educational activity, reviewing the history of the modern mural movement, noting its democratic direction, and concluding that community murals can potentially educate artists and nonartists. Modern murals have demonstrated a vast capacity to expand awareness of the struggles of oppressed people. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Child Care, 1993
Gives instructions for student art projects inspired by the work of five famous artists: Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, and Michelangelo. Directions for making art smocks and a display kiosk are also included. (ME)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art History, Art Materials, Childrens Art
Lambert, Phyllis Gilchrist – Arts & Activities, 1998
Presents an elementary art activity that successfully teaches the process of slabbing by having students create fishbowl plaques. Explains the process step-by-step beginning with a demonstration to the students along with showing previous examples. Endorses a type of clay that fires white because the glaze colors are much more vibrant. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials, Ceramics
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Bremner, J. Gavin; Morse, Rachel; Hughes, Sara; Andreasen, Gillian – Child Development, 2000
Four experiments examined links and differences between children's copying line diagrams and drawing solid objects. Findings suggest that emphasis on order of line copying improves copying performance because line-to-line matching is an important element of the skill, whereas this does not aid drawing of the solid object, in which focus is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Childrens Art, Error Patterns
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Pufall, Peter B.; Pesonen, Tuuli – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Investigated the components of artistic style in young children, using longitudinal studies and a retrospective measure in which judges used children's later drawings to identify their art from earlier in childhood. Explored the concept of "artworld" as an aid in elucidating children's art and style by accounting for the "how"…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Childrens Art, Creative Development, Creativity
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