The average child develops more drawing ability before entering school than during the entire eight years of elementary school¶
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q2 i? Growth in drawing ability from age six or seven to the end of elementary school is smaller than the growth achieved before school entry. → Childs 1915
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Childs 1915¶
Childs, H. G. (1915). Measurement of the drawing ability of two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven children in Indiana city school systems by a supplemented Thorndike scale. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 6(7), 391-408. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0075575
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Interpretation of the grade distribution tables and curves of progress, based on the fact that IB drawings were made within four weeks of the beginning of the term. The author states the tables and curves "show that the average child develops more ability in drawing before entering school" than in the whole elementary course.
"Our tables of distribution and curves show that the average child develops more ability in drawing before entering school at the age of six or seven years than he does in the entire eight years of his elementary school course."
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Related Claims¶
- Math achievement growth from preschool through second grade is best characterized by a latent basis curve rather than linear, exponential, or quadratic functions — related
- Children's drawing development shows a long plateau after grade three, consistent with earlier studies reporting non-development from ages nine or ten to adolescence — related
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The average child develops more drawing ability before entering school than during the entire eight years of elementary school |
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The average child develops more drawing ability before entering school than during the entire eight years of elementary school |
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1915 |
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