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Autor/inn/en | Klein, Julie L.; Gray, Phyllis; Zhbanova, Ksenia S.; Rule, Audrey C. |
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Titel | Upper Elementary Students Creatively Learn Scientific Features of Animal Skulls by Making Movable Books |
Quelle | In: Journal for Learning through the Arts, 11 (2015) 1, (34 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1932-7528 |
Schlagwörter | Elementary School Students; Animals; Books; Creative Activities; Creativity; Integrated Activities; Art Education; Learner Engagement; Handicrafts; Science Instruction; Summer Programs; Day Camp Programs; Pretests Posttests; Effect Size; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Student Motivation; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Intervention Animal; Tier; Tiere; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Kreativität; Integrierender Unterricht; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Handwerk; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sommerkurs; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Schulische Motivation; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06 |
Abstract | Arts integration in science has benefits of increasing student engagement and understanding. Lessons focusing on form and function of animal skulls provide an effective example of how handicrafts integrated with science instruction motivate students and support learning. The study involved students ages 9-12 during a week-long summer day camp. Students applied animal skull concepts of eye positions of predators and prey, relative eye sizes of nocturnal animals compared to tunnel-dwellers, shapes and functions of different types of teeth, and terminology and functions of different bones, openings, and structures of animal skulls in making moveable book pages. These pages featured pop-up constructions, a lift-the-flap page, and a turning wheel behind cutout windows in a page to convey the skull concepts. Additional creativity was incorporated through making a three-dimensional cover related to the Mexican Day of the Dead with skulls made from pieces of recycled plastic bottles, drawing figural-transformations, and creating animal skull models from household or discarded materials. The lessons included classification of images of skull features on cards and examination of realistic animal skull models. Pretest-posttest science content results indicated large gains with a very large effect size; attitude surveys and student work showed high motivation and creativity. (As Provided). |
Anmerkungen | Center for Learning in the Arts, Sciences and Sustainability. University of California Irvine, School of Biological Sciences III, Office 2656, Irvine, CA 92697. Tel: 949-824-4317; Fax: 949-824-2965; Web site: http://sites.uci.edu/class/ |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |