A sample of unrecognized, artistically talented students was examined to determine whether they exhibit different characteristics from those of academically talented and average high school students. Results indicated that both males and females in the artistically talented sample differed significantly from the other groups on a number of…

Presents a study that measured and compared the effect of an experimental drawing treatment upon the drawing performance of students from the United States and Jamaica. Designed to be a meaningful part of a multicultural curriculum, the strategy proved effective in teaching still-life drawing to both groups of students. (GEA)

Discusses the status of researchers and the prospects for research in art education. Examines ways in which the editors of scholarly publications have attempted to shape research. Speculates on the extent to which all art educators carry within themselves the "seeds" of research activity and editorship. (GEA)

Focuses on the article by Elliot W. Eisner (1971) in which Eisner identified seven myths held by art educators. Considers which myths are still alive today and the reasons that art education seems doomed to always have myths. (GEA)

Compares stated goals of studio art course professors for teaching of criticism and the goals stated in art education literature of art teacher taught criticism. States that these goals are in conflict, therefore, future art teachers are being guided by goals for criticism that are not in accord with the goals set forth in their study of art…

Develops method for incorporating the intuitive and affective with intellectual and analytic components for understanding works of art. States that the premises for such a systematization include both Arnheim's claim that two basic interdependent procedures of intelligent cognition are intuition and intellect (1986); and Harry Broudy's (1972)…

Depicts the instruction of a junior high school art teacher and describes her struggle to understand her students within a nine-week program. Focuses on her framework for understanding the aims and content of teaching, student learning, and teaching style. Content and comparative analyses and time sampling are used to determine types of…

Examines implicit assumptions about knowledge and learning found in the "Holmes Report" on teacher preparation. Considers the impact of these epistemological assumptions on conceptions of art knowledge, learning, and teacher assessment. Suggests that art education could provide a needed evaluative counterpoint to current trends toward simplistic…

Examines four historically important pedagogical issues in the field of art education: disciplinary traditions, the computer as art medium, computer design, and curriculum design. Questions are posed for art educators as a way to encourage continued examination of these issues in order to define perspectives and contribute to computer applications…

Presented an articles index for the purpose of reference and cross-reference to the fourteen volumes of Studies in Art Education published between Fall, 1959 and Spring, 1973. (RK)

Presented a contents index of articles on art education listed by authors as seen in Studies in Art Education from the Fall, 1959 through the Spring, 1973. (RK)

Presented annotations, consisting of brief descriptions of the total contents of Studies in Art Education from the Fall of 1959 to the Spring of 1973, arranged chronologically in the order of appearance, by volume, issue and year of publication. (Editor/RK)

Presented an index designed to provide insight into the kinds and number of contributions to descriptive/experimental research as seen in Studies in Art Education, Fall, 1959 through Spring, 1973. (Editor/RK)

Presented a methodology index of articles in Studies in Art Education from the Fall, 1959 to the Spring, 1973 that were designed to provide insight into the kinds and number of contributions to historical research. (Editor/RK)

Presented a methodology index designed to provide insight into the kinds and number of contributions to philosophical research found in Studies in Art Education, Fall, 1959 through the Spring, 1973. (Editor/RK)