Instruction in Visual Art: Can It Help Children Learn To Read?.

Burger, Kristin; Winner, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ658285

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Publication Date: 2000

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Instruction in Visual Art: Can It Help Children Learn To Read?

Burger, Kristin; Winner, Ellen

Journal of Aesthetic Education, v34 n3-4 p277-93 Fall-Win 2000

Explores whether reading skills can be enhanced by visual arts instruction. Provides results from two meta-analyses on: (1) whether art instruction improves reading on its own; and (2) whether teaching reading through art is more effective than teaching reading alone. (CMK)

Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Meta Analysis, Preschool Children, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Journal of Aesthetic Education is a refereed journal. Theme issue: The Arts and Academic Achievement: What the Evidence Shows.