This study investigated the effects of four different art teaching methods on children`s representation ability. The four methods are Field Trip, Role Play, Iconic Materials, and Verbal Interaction. Subjects were 85 children who attended one kindergar...
This study investigated the effects of four different art teaching methods on children`s representation ability. The four methods are Field Trip, Role Play, Iconic Materials, and Verbal Interaction. Subjects were 85 children who attended one kindergarten. Their mean age was 5 years and nine months old. Subjects were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. Representation Ability Assessment Categories` were used in the collection of data. GLM and Scheffe´ were used to analyze the data. The significant effects of the teaching methods of art were analyzed. The results of the current study indicate that there were significant differences between the experimental groups. Overall Field Trip method was the most effective for promoting children`s representation ability among the four teaching methods. The Role Play group scored higher on `combination of lines and basic forms` and `verbal representing drawings` than did the other three groups. While Field Trip group scored higher on `use of colors and figures`, `balanced spatial representation`, `appropriate representation`, `reative representation`, and `details` than did the other three groups. The Verbal Interaction group scored lowest in all of the categories of `Representation Ability Assessment` among the four groups.