An Investigation of Children's Abilities to Form and Generalize Visual Concepts from Visually Complex Art Reproductions. Final Report.

Autor/in	Clark, Gilbert A.
Institution	Ohio State Univ., Columbus.
Titel	An Investigation of Children's Abilities to Form and Generalize Visual Concepts from Visually Complex Art Reproductions. Final Report.
Quelle	(1972), (85 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Ability Identification; Art; Children; Classification; Concept Formation; Correlation; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Discrimination Learning; Individual Differences; Interaction; Rating Scales; Research; Standards; Stimuli; Student Evaluation; Tape Recordings; Task Performance; Test Results; Verbal Ability; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Kunst; Child; Kind; Kinder; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Korrelation; Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Lernen; Lernprozess; Individueller Unterschied; Interaktion; Rating-Skala; Forschung; Standard; Anreizsystem; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Mündliche Leistung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	The research reported here was designed to measure the abilities of school-age children to form and generalize "visual concepts" on the basis of their observation of prepared sets of art reproductions. The art reproduction sets displayed similarities based upon various visual attributes. Discrimination of the attributes common to any given set was taken as evidence of concept formation. Selection of similar reproductions in additional displays was taken as evidence of concept generalization. Additionally, tape-recorded discussions of the test administrations were analyzed. These discussions yielded additional evidence of successful test performance (on a verbal dimension) and were useful in describing the character of children's abilities to discuss the visual attributes of art reproductions. Evidence gathered indicates that students at all grades (except, possibly, kindergarten) are able to form visual concepts from their observation of selected sets of art reproductions. Subjects also successfully described their classification of observed visual similarities when discussing the items. Students at all grade levels are also able to generalize visual concepts to previously unencountered examples. Reliability indices, computed for both types of displays, were below minimum standards for tests used to evaluate individual performance. The obtained reliabilities were attributed to interactions of low item intercorrelations, test length, and the lack of experience among subjects with the tasks tested. (Author/CK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01