This study aimed to explore how children with specific learning disabilities perceive their school and teachers through an analysis of their drawings. The participants were four children aged seven to nine years (two girls and two boys) diagnosed with specific learning disabilities. The analysis revealed that the children primarily associated the…

This article focuses on visual peer feedback and the idea process in visual arts education and how this process was shared digitally. In the study, sixth-grade students gave each other visual feedback on their sketches in an assignment in pictorial composition. Visual feedback is understood here as direct interaction with copies of the original…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how children from across the world draw themselves talking and to apply an interdisciplinary analysis to understand children's perspectives to improve delivery of services. Method: Participants were 200 children from 24 countries who submitted a drawing of themselves talking to someone using the…

The use of manipulatives to develop conceptual understanding is a prevalent practice in many mathematical learning experiences, particularly in the early years of schooling. From "primary student perspectives," our understanding of the impact of manipulatives in mathematics education on students' "attitudes" is limited. This…

Background: Drawing is generally regarded as a promising learning strategy and has been explored in the touchscreen setting with different drawing modes. Although both a finger and a digital pencil can help individuals complete drawing activities effortlessly on touchscreen devices, there is no guarantee that they show the same effect on learning,…

Background: There is a long research tradition on students' images of scientists based on their drawings. However, the dimension of scientists' emotions, as a critical aspect of these images has not been thoroughly investigated. Purpose: The present study aims to investigate scientists' emotions as depicted in children's drawings to shed light on…

Everyone has been interacting with the outside world since birth, creating ideas about various objects or phenomena. The main aim of the research was to identify the concepts of primary school students about viruses. In addition to finding out the level of ideas, additional aims were to determine the effect of gender, the degree of education…

Generative drawing, or drawing-to-learn, has been studied as an effective learning strategy primarily used in science learning. However, drawing can be cognitively demanding, requiring instructional support to ensure good learning outcomes. The present meta-analysis encompassed 14 studies with 16 statistically independent comparisons between…

Child's understanding and intentions are not always easy to read in drawings. This is particularly evident in the type of drawings we refer to as 'analytical drawings'. In order to understand analytical drawings made by preschool children, it is important to have a dialogue with the young authors. In our study, we examined the ability of students…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate if a single session mindfulness-based art therapy doodle intervention may support and improve: (a) mindfulness, (b) mindful creativity, and (c) positive and negative emotional states. A general community sample of 71 adult participants engaged in the mindful doodling virtual two-hour workshops. Based on…

As a case study that consists of two parts, this research investigates how a pro-c class expert artist thinks and acts during art making, paying special attention to exploratory behaviors and task completion processes. In Part 1 of this case study, we videoed an artist's authentic creative process in his studio. We interviewed him about his…

Purpose: To present a case for using drawings as a valuable way of incorporating student voice in research on physical education. Presented in the form of a "primer," the paper examines theoretical and practical aspects of drawing research. Sections: The paper is presented in three parts. The first introduces drawings as a valuable…

This study investigates the use of picturebooks as a pedagogical tool to teach drawing skills for preschoolers. Conducted in a public preschool in China, this study is part of a larger project aimed at implementing a learner-centred approach by utilising picturebooks in preschool lessons. Through classroom observations and interviews with…

This article is about the pedagogical potentials and challenges of co-drawing in science education. It builds on video data from three primary school classrooms where students worked in pairs to draw some science content on a shared paper. Grounded in a sociomaterialist approach, we analyse how students, drawing tools, paper templates, visual…

Arts-based pedagogy is a methodology that integrates artistic practices with other domains to enhance student learning, and it has been shown to engage students and deepen their knowledge acquisition, help them connect theory and practice, inspire positive mood and social learning, and more. Though arts-based pedagogy is not yet widely used in LIS…