%0 Journal Article
%T When Children Draw vs When Children Don¡¯t: Exploring the Effects of Observational Drawing in Science
%A Jill E. Fox
%A Joohi Lee
%J Creative Education
%P 11-14
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2013.47A1002
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span>The purpose of this study was to investigate how kindergarten children¡¯s observational drawings impact their information retention. This research was conducted in an urban school in a large metropolitan area in the southwestern United States. Forty-two kindergarten children participated in this study; approximately 97% of them qualified for free and/or reduced lunch. For this study, children¡¯s retention of factual infor</span><span><span>mation was compared using a paired t-test of when they drew and when they didn¡¯t. Children scored higher on all 7 items¡ªdescriptions of observation, location, action, color, size, shape, and sound¡ªwhen they drew than when they didn¡¯t. Findings were statistically significant for descriptions of observation (t = 3.08, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> = .00) and location (t = 2.36, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> = .02).</span></span> 
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%K Observation
%K Observational Drawing
%K Scientific Drawing
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=34431