Kindergarten children observed and drew a two-dimensional, abstract object. The most accurate and fully developed mental images of the object were produced when the children received instruction, drew the object six times rather than two times, and drew with pointed pencils and brushes rather than big brushes. (Author/RM)

Discusses how the art process and product combined to orient youthful perceptions to what was important, worthy of attention, expected, and fitting in their world. (Author)

Article explains the design patterns found in nature that stimulate creative activity. In this case children are guided in creating center patterns. (RK)

Article describes a method for creating a design of yarn that made students satisfied with their work. (RK)

Students learn about drawing landscapes by using a twig from a tree as a model for drawing adult trees. (GB)

Assessed the ability of 122 preschoolers to recognize photographs of their hands (H) and faces (F), their own drawings (OD) and drawings done by an artist in each child's style (S). Performance was not highly correlated with age or vocabulary and showed no intertask generality. (Author/RH)

The article presents the transcript of an Australian radio program in which the interviewer and a psychologist discuss the implications of the extraordinary drawing ability of an autistic girl, and how that drawing ability faded as she was taught rudimentary speech skills. (DLS)

Offers some observations about child art and some research findings in this area. Attempts to establish the basis for accepting child art as art. (Author/RK)

This experiment was designed to explore the claim that the form of children's drawings reflects the nature of their representation of pictured objects in memory. Subjects were 64 children (16 each from nursery school and grades 1, 3, and 6). (MS)

Collected drawings from schooled and unschooled 10- to 15-year olds in a remote region of Papua New Guinea. Found that children attending school drew only human figures. Unschooled children produced a range of drawings from scribbles through transitional forms to human figures. Some children appeared to be able to draw human figures without going…

Shares some of the classroom practices that have worked well in teaching "Naked." Presents a summary of introductory comments about the story and a description of the sketching activity. Offers interpretive commentary on a selection of representative student sketches that reflect significant features of the story. Provides general…

Discusses teacher and student drawings in the classroom, illustrations in texts, picture books, and movies as external image-based tools that support reading comprehension. Presents a summary of points practitioners will want to consider when using sketches, illustrations, picture books, and movies with reluctant and low-ability middle school…

Examined relationship between representative modalities of genital inner space and identity formation in adolescent girls (N=275) aged 11 to 18 years by asking them to draw the inside of their bodies and their sexual organs. Found structuration and integration of genital inner space in the body image was a slow developmental process. (Author/ABL)

Discusses a class activity designed to demythologize Shakespeare, to show that he aimed his craft at drawing a crowd to the theater. Discusses an eight-step process by which students draw the Globe Theater. Addresses how design elements reflect Shakespeare's time. (RS)