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A Systematic Review of Trends and Findings in Research Employing Drawing Assessment in Science Education
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Lin, Tzung-Jin; Lee, Min-Hsien; Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu; Lin, Tzu-Chiang; Tan, Aik-Ling; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Studies in Science Education, 2020
In this study, we reviewed 76 journal articles on employing drawing assessment as a research tool in science education. Findings from the systematic review suggest four justifications for using drawing as a type of research tool, including assessment via drawing as (a) an alternative method considering young participants' verbal or writing…
Descriptors: Science Education, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Cognitive Tests
The Use and Abuse of Human Figure Drawings.
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Motta, Robert W.; And Others – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Notes widespread use of human figure drawings to describe and predict psychological functioning. Reviews data-based studies on figure drawings and concludes that there is little support for their validity or for their use as devices to assess personality, behavior, emotion, or intellectual functioning. Presents ease of administration and anecdotal…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
Human Figure Drawings: Abusing the Abused.
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Bardos, Achilles N. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Responds to previous article (Motta, Little, and Tobin, this issue) which reviewed data-based studies on figure drawings and found little support for their validity or use in assessing personality, behavior, emotion, or intellectual functioning. Notes recent approaches to interpretation of human figure drawings and cites flaws in argument against…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
"What's Wrong in This Picture?": Response to Motta et al.'s Review of Human Figure Drawings.
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Responds to article (Motta, Little, and Tobin, this issue) which reviewed data-based studies on figure drawings and found little support for their validity or use in assessing personality, behavior, emotion, or intellectual functioning. Agrees with original article, suggesting that arguments be couched in terms of three basic concepts: illusory…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
The Utility of Human Figure Drawings in Personality and Intellectual Assessment: Why Ask Why?
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Knoff, Howard M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Responds positively to previous article (Motta, Little, and Tobin, this issue) which reviewed data-based studies on figure drawings and found little support for their validity or use. Focuses on human figure drawing as personality assessment tool, reviewing its empirical research, identifying only ways that it can be used, and suggesting most…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
A Picture Is Worth Less than a Thousand Words: Response to Reviewers.
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Motta, Robert W.; And Others – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Responds to reviewers of authors' previous article (Motta, Little, and Tobin, this issue) which reviewed data-based studies on figure drawings and found little support for their validity or use in assessing personality, behavior, emotion, or intellectual functioning. Defends position of original article and addresses issues raised by reviewers.…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
Human Figure Drawings in Perspective.
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Naglieri, Jack A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1993
Responds to previous article (Motta, Little, and Tobin, this issue) which reviewed data-based studies on figure drawings and found little support for their validity or use in assessing personality, behavior, emotion, or intellectual functioning. Contends that article is unacceptable for publication in present form, with main criticism being that…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing, Personality Traits
Kinetic Family Drawings by Children with Perceptual-motor Delays
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Raskin, Larry M.; Pitcher-Baker, Georgia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Problems, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Children's Drawings.
Burgess, Ann W.; Hartman, Carol R. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
This paper reviews the literature on projective drawing tests and child sexual abuse, focusing on children's drawings as an associative tool for memory. The use of the event drawing series, which is a series of seven drawings by a child that graphically present the child's thinking about a specific event, is discussed. (JDD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childrens Art, Evaluation Methods, Freehand Drawing
A Global Approach for the Interpretation of the Kinetic School Drawing (KSD): A Quick Scoring Sheet, Reference Guide, and Rating Scale.
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Andrews, Jac; Janzen, Henry – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Presents globally oriented scoring sheet, reference guide, and rating scale for facilitating clinical hypotheses from children's Kinetic School Drawings (KSDs) and further empirical evaluations of KSD technique. Provides information on instrument construction and preliminary findings in terms of procedures' reliability and discriminant validity.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing