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"Significant Differences" in Child Audience Response: Assertions from the ASU Longitudinal Study.
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Saldana, Johnny – Youth Theatre Journal, 1996
Reports results of a 7-year study of drama/theater for children, conducted by Arizona State University, with 30 participants progressing from kindergarten to sixth grade. Finds, as children aged, a shift from story to character in postperformance discussion of theater events; a subtle increase of evaluative responses; and that girls were more…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Assessing Anglo and Hispanic Children's Perceptions and Responses to Theatre: A Cross-Ethnic Pilot Study.
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Saldana, Johnny – Youth Theatre Journal, 1992
Finds that children's ethnicity and gender, and possibly the socio-cultural composition of the school population, are variables that influence how characters are perceived and themes extracted from a theater event. (SR)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Audience Response, Children, Drama
Experiments in Assessing Children's Responses to Theatre with the Semantic Differential.
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Saldana, Johnny; Otero, Hugh Daniel – Youth Theatre Journal, 1990
Uses semantic differential to assess specific and global attitudes of children toward the theater experience. Shows that the semantic differential can be used with fifth grade children. (SR)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Grade 5
Analyzing Change in Longitudinal Qualitative Data.
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Saldana, Johnny – Youth Theatre Journal, 2002
Outlines inquiry-based methods for analyzing longitudinal qualitative data to assess participant changes in three long-term theater education studies. Encourages qualitative researchers in drama and theatre education to devote more extended periods of time to systematically observing young people or adult practitioners experiencing the art form.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audience Response, Drama, Educational Research