TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognition and student learning through the arts
AU - Melnick, Steven A.
AU - Witmer, Judith T.
AU - Strickland, Martha J.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - In recent years, an increasing number of studies have suggested connections among cognition, social and emotional development, and the arts. Some of this research indicates that students in schools where the arts are an integral part of the academic program tend to have an academic advantage over students for whom that is not the case. This study examines factors in schools and at home that contribute most to the variance in student learning and achievement, particularly as they relate to the arts, using a sample of more than 8,000 students in grade 5. The findings suggest that in-school arts programs alone may have less of an impact on student achievement than previous research has proposed. Parental influences likely have more of an effect than school on most children, and efforts to involve parents in the arts with their children may be more productive than simply providing arts programs in schools.
AB - In recent years, an increasing number of studies have suggested connections among cognition, social and emotional development, and the arts. Some of this research indicates that students in schools where the arts are an integral part of the academic program tend to have an academic advantage over students for whom that is not the case. This study examines factors in schools and at home that contribute most to the variance in student learning and achievement, particularly as they relate to the arts, using a sample of more than 8,000 students in grade 5. The findings suggest that in-school arts programs alone may have less of an impact on student achievement than previous research has proposed. Parental influences likely have more of an effect than school on most children, and efforts to involve parents in the arts with their children may be more productive than simply providing arts programs in schools.
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U2 - 10.1080/10632913.2011.566100
DO - 10.1080/10632913.2011.566100
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015982092
SN - 1063-2913
VL - 112
SP - 154
EP - 162
JO - Arts Education Policy Review
JF - Arts Education Policy Review
IS - 3
ER -