by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Rabkin, N. and Hedberg, E. (2011). Arts education in America: What the declines mean for arts participation. Based on the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. Research Report #52. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts.Abstract:This report...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Goldstein, T. R. (2011). Correlations among social-cognitive skills in adolescents involved in acting or arts classes. Mind, brain, and education, 5(2), 97-103.Abstract:This quasi-experimental study measured correlations between the development of empathy, theory of...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Degé, F., Kubicek, C., & Schwarzer, G. (2011). Music lessons and intelligence: A relation mediated by executive functions. Music Perception, 29(2), 195-201.Abstract:Noting several studies that have previously identified a positive association between musical...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Wetter, O. E., Koerner, F., & Schwaninger, A. (2009). Does musical training improve school performance? Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 37(4), 365-374.Abstract:The researchers used a descriptive, retrospective study to...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Catterall, James S. (2009). Doing well and doing good by doing art: The effects of education in the visual and performing arts on the achievements and values of young adults. Los Angeles/London: Imagination Group/I-Group Books.Abstract:This study is based on the...