The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of art activity using computer on children's representative drawing ability and attitude.
The purpose, two major research questions were made as follows.
1. Is there any difference on representat...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of art activity using computer on children's representative drawing ability and attitude.
The purpose, two major research questions were made as follows.
1. Is there any difference on representative drawing ability?
1-1. between children participating in art activity using computer and those in the activity using traditional art materials?
1-2. between girls and boys?
2. Is there any difference on drawing ability?
1-1. between children participating in art activity using computer and those in the activity using traditional art materials
1-2. between girls and boys?
To answer the questions, 40 five-year-old children attending a kindergarten in Busan were selected and randomly assigned into either a experimental or a control group. The children in the experimental group participated in 12 40~60-minutes sessions of computer-based art program made by the researcher using Kid Pix graphic program. On the other hands, children in the control group took part in the same sessions of art program using traditional art materials. All children were tested twice before and after the treatment of each program on the 『Scale for Evaluation of Representative Drawing Ability』(Ji, Sung-ae, 2001) and the 『Scale of Evaluation of Artistic Activities』(Shin, Jung-sook, 1989). The data were analyzed in 2(program)×2(gender) ANOVAs using SPSS/PC.
The result of the study can be summarized as follows.
First, there was significant difference in representative drawing ability between the experimental and the control group. Specifically, the children in the computer-based art program showed better improvements in 'detailed illustration', 'various expressions' and 'representations associated with themes' than those in the traditional art program. Gender did not any significant difference on general representative drawing ability. However from follow-up ANOVAs for sub-category of the ability scale, it was found that girls achieved significantly higher score on 'composition of basic figures and lines' and 'representation associated with themes' than boys.
Second, no significant difference was observed on drawing attitude between the experimental and the control group as wall as between boys and girls. However, significant interaction effects of program by gender were found. Specifically, boys in the experimental group using computer had higher achievement than girls on the 'attention' and 'sincerity' of drawing attitude while in the control group, girls than boys.