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A Study Of Motivational Incentive For Enrollment In Beginning Drawing Classes In Public Junior Colleges Of California In The 1960-1961 Academic Year, Patricia Tandrow Lewis May 1962

A Study Of Motivational Incentive For Enrollment In Beginning Drawing Classes In Public Junior Colleges Of California In The 1960-1961 Academic Year, Patricia Tandrow Lewis

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The purpose of this study was to determine for which of the following primary reasons students in the public junior colleges of the State of California enrolled in classes in beginning drawing in the second semester of the 1960-1961 academic year. Student motivation was assumed to encompass these incentives:

1. To complete high school graduate requirements.

2. To remove college or university entrance deficiencies.

3. To satisfy requirements for the Associate in Arts degree.

4. To develop creative ability related to a proposed occupational objective.

5. To extend ability already developed in this craft.

6. to gain skill in means …


An Approach To The Presentation Of Art History On The Junior High School Level, Vivian N. Grelick May 1961

An Approach To The Presentation Of Art History On The Junior High School Level, Vivian N. Grelick

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This project is more of a beginning than a summation. The material represents the framework and initial trial chapters of an art history survey book. The writer's intent is not to produce another work, to add to the many already available, for use on the college level. The book, when completed, is rather intended for fruitful use as a junior high school text.


The Role Of Art In The Complete Development Of A Christian Personality, Sister Loretta Ann Mccarthy Jun 1952

The Role Of Art In The Complete Development Of A Christian Personality, Sister Loretta Ann Mccarthy

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A survey of ancient literature reveals that art as an area in school life is becoming increasingly recognized as tremendously significant to a complete participation in the creative activities of life. A critical point has been reached in so far as art has begun to be recognized as an integral part of the school program rather than an educational frill offered for those students who have difficulty with the academic program or as a concession to the few talented students.

It is the purpose of this study (1) to outline briefly the theory of art education as applied to the …


The Validity Of Art Aptitude Tests On The High School Level, Dorothy Blanch Gibson Aug 1950

The Validity Of Art Aptitude Tests On The High School Level, Dorothy Blanch Gibson

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It is the purpose of this study to test the validity of art aptitude tests on the high school level by (1) comparing the interpretation of raw scores with the teacher's grades given to students in the art department; (2) by correlation of the tests between art ability and intelligence measured by intelligence tests; and (3) by correlations of the seven tests used in this study.


Iconographic Complexes Of American Art In Relation To Current Art Education, Arthur J. Schneider May 1950

Iconographic Complexes Of American Art In Relation To Current Art Education, Arthur J. Schneider

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The problem of this study is to locate the principal images employed in the art of the New World with the purpose of reestablishing the function of such elements integral to a modern realism in American art.


A Survey Of The Visual Art Program For The Negro In The Elementary Public Schools Of The South, Maria Donkle Feb 1950

A Survey Of The Visual Art Program For The Negro In The Elementary Public Schools Of The South, Maria Donkle

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It is the purpose of this study (1) to ascertain the amount of visual art offered the Negro in the elementary public schools of the South; (2) to determine the qualifications of those who present the work to the pupils; and (3) to discover the type of work executed, as revealed through direct observation and a questionnaire study.