Title:
The effect of visual arts education on at-risk students' critical thinking skills and the Maryland English II High School Assessment
Author:
Theresa Alo
Thesis Advisor:
Margaret Ellen Mahoney
Committee Member:
Catherine Slather
Committee Member:
Dominick Firmani
Degree Granting Institution:
Notre Dame of Maryland University--School of Education
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Date Created:
2009
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal legislation mandated that states establish standards and create assessments to measure students' acquisition of specific skills. To meet the federal mandates, the State of Maryland has compiled standards and assessments in the areas of English, mathematics, social studies, and science through the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum (MVSC).The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of discovering a pedagogical bridge between English achievement and visual arts education through an exploration of students who exhibit at-risk tendencies. To serve this purpose, data were collected from five counties across the state of Maryland. A statistically significant difference was uncovered between the Maryland English II High School Assessment (EHSA) scores of those students who have taken visual arts classes in the ninth grade and those students who did not take such classes.-- From the author's abstract.
Subject:
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Subject:
Critical thinking
Subject:
Art--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Influence
Subject:
Art in education
Subject:
English--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
English high school assessment
Subject:
Art education
Subject:
High school education
Subject:
Language proficiency
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Instructional Leadership for Changing Populations
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Identifier:
AloT-09
