by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Carger, C. (2004). Art and literacy with bilingual children. Language Arts, 81(4), 283-292.Abstract:The teacher-researcher designed the action research study to ascertain how the inclusion of visual arts in reading circles can enhance language and literacy learning...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.Abstract:This study is the first to directly test the hypothesis that music training transfers to cognitive intelligence. The researcher used an experimental design with random...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Heath, S. & Wolf, S. (2005). Focus in creative learning: Drawing on art for language development. Literacy 39(1): 38-45.Abstract:The researchers used a blend of data collection methods from action research and linguistic anthropology to examine the learning...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Jackson, A., & Leahy, H. R. (2005). ‘Seeing it for real?…?’—Authenticity, theatre and learning in museums. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 10(3), 303 – 325.Abstract:Researchers used a naturalistic and case...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Morris, R. V. (2001). Drama and authentic assessment in a social studies classroom. Social Studies, 92(1), 41-44.Abstract:This article describes a two-year-long case study of a seventh grade ancient world history social studies class in which the teacher used drama,...
