by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Hui, A., & Lau, S. (2006). Drama education: A touch of the creative mind and communicative-expressive ability of elementary school children in Hong Kong. Thinking skills and creativity, 1(1), 34-40.Abstract:Researchers used an experimental approach to examine the...
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
Winner, E., & Cooper, M. (2000). Mute those claims: No evidence (yet) for a causal link between arts study and academic achievement. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34(3/4), 11-75.Abstract:The purpose of this study was to quantify the results of existing research...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Rauscher, F. & Zupan, M. (2000). Classroom keyboard instruction improves kindergarten children’s spatial-temporal performance: a field experiment. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(2).Abstract:The aim of this study was to determine the effects of...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Keinanen, M., Hetland, L., & Winner, E. (2000). Teaching cognitive skill through dance: Evidence for near but not far transfer. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34(3/4), 295-306.Abstract:Two very small meta-analyses were conducted to test the assertion that dance...
