Some research indicates that a number of children understand vision as an outreaching of the sense, and that they are the originator of the process (Eaton, Anderson, & Smith, 1983; Guesne, 1985). The children draw arrows or rays that point out of the eyes, sometimes returning to the head, and write that vision involves the eyes seeing or…

In order to assess young children's conceptions of "pretty" and "ugly", twenty-nine 5- and 6-year-old children (14 male and 15 female) were asked to draw a pretty person and an ugly person. These drawings were scored for developmental maturity according to Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test and for emotionality by means of the Koppitz…

The relationshp between success in learning to read and success in drawing tasks that used the same varieties of perception needed in learning to read was investigated. Ten tasks involving perceiving presented forms, memorizing them, and reproducing them in drawing were given to 150 children. These tasks were related to position in space,…

This study asks: What methodologies permit one to describe and analyze the drawing process and series of artist in a manner cognitively adequate and close to the artist's imaginative consciousness? It assumes that: 1) arting is an ultimate realm of man's experience; 2) it includes artistic causality, idiosyncratic meaning, and intentional…

Investigates the experimental treatments (scanning practice and perceptual training-drawing) developed by Salome and Szeto, 1976, in an attempt to determine the training effects upon students' representational drawing performances. (Author/RK)

Examines three reliability characteristics of the Harris revision of the Goodenough "Draw-a-man" Test when used with five-year-old school entrants. (Author/RK)

Suggestions are offered to English teachers for drawing maps, objects, man, and animals to tell blackboard stories. Illustrations are provided. (SW)

Studied were the effects of reversing the color of white and black figure and ground drawings on Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test performance of 21 cerebral palsied and 21 normal children (all 5 to 18 years old). (Author/SBH)

The arts are among the first victims of back-to-basics zealots but now a countermovement is under way. Connecticut's Mead School offers a striking example that students in arts-centered schools can be highly motivated to learn. (Author/RK)

Real and fanciful trees can sprout facts and creative fantasy in your classroom. (Editor)

Investigated effects of changing the level of motor planning demands in simple drawing tasks for which children aged 5-11 years completed or copied squares and diamonds. Results were consistent with previous studies. Low planning demands resulted in less difference between square and diamond performance than did tasks demanding higher planning.…

In a study of sex differences in young children's drawings, 18- month-old children scribbled on sheets of paper with a preprinted circle in the middle. A computer-based analysis of 100 randomly-selected drawings revealed: (1) boys developed an apparent stronger graphic activity; and (2) girls concentrated and adjusted their movements to the…

Maintains that scientific illustration helps students develop visual acuity and drawing proficiency. Demonstrates how intermediate-grade students can combine elements of science and art through various scientific illustration projects. (JDH)

Drawing is one of the first forms of art, both in historical terms and in terms of a child's development. Once in school, children should continue to draw and should be encouraged to draw better. Children learn to draw by drawing and by examining the drawings of others. (RM)