The arts and academic achievement, what the evidence shows
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Label
The arts and academic achievement, what the evidence shows
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The arts and academic achievement
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
45894311
Sub title
what the evidence shows
Table Of Contents
The arts in education, evaluating the evidence for a causal link / Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland -- Arts-rich educational environments: Mute those claims, no evidence (yet) for a causal link between arts study and academic achivement / Ellen Winner and Monica Cooper. SAT scores of students who study the arts, what we can and cannot conclude about the association / Kathryn Vaughn and Ellen Winner. Does studying the arts engender creative thinking? Evidence for near but not far transfer / Erik Moga, Kristin Burger, Lois Hetland, and Ellen Winner -- Music: Listening to music enhances spatial-temporal reasoning, evidence for the "Mozart effect" / Lois Hetland. Music and mathematics, modest support for the oft-claimed relationship / Kathryn Vaughn. Can music be used to teach reading? / Ron Butzlaff. Learning to make music enhances spatial reasoning / Lois Hetland -- Drama, visual art, and dance: Strengthening verbal skills through the use of classroom drama, a clear link / Ann Podlozny. Instruction in visual art, can it help children learn to read? / Kristin Burger and Ellen Winner. Teaching cognitive skill through dance, evidence for near but not far transfer / Mia Keinänen, Lois Hetland, and Ellen Winner
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