I am very interested in this article as are several of
my supervisors. However, I was unable to access the
article for free. Does anyone have a copy of the
article?
Thanks,
Laurie Reber
AJHS Chandler, AZ
--- Judy Decker <judy.decker@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Art Educators,
>
> This article appeared in New York Times. You will
> need to subscribe to
> access the article on line. Subscription is FREE
> (online).
>
> Guggenheim Study Suggests Arts Education Benefits
> Literacy Skills
> By RANDY KENNEDY
>
> Quoted from the article:
> "The study found that students in the program
> performed better in six
> categories of literacy and critical thinking skills
> ? including
> thorough description, hypothesizing and reasoning ?
> than did students
> who were not in the program."
>
> "Yet the study also found that the program did not
> help improve
> students' scores on the city's standardized English
> language arts
> test, a result that the study's creators said they
> could not fully
> explain."
>
> Perhaps if they include WRITING about art (rather
> than all oral
> questioning) scores might also improve on
> standardized tests.
>
> This study is listed under BOOKS rather than Art &
> Design:
> http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html >
> Regards,
>
> Judy Decker
> Incredible Art Department
> http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/ > Incredible Art Resources
>
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/ >
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