Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Bonnie Black
Abstract
In 2004, a law was enacted in Arkansas that provided art and music to all elementary children, grades first through sixth. Two years after the preliminary thesis began all district elementary schools added certified art teachers. At the end of the 2007/08 school year, these teachers will have been instructing for three years. In 2008/09, a full four years of instructional impact will be assessable through the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) testing scores of second grade students. This thesis considers whether a teacher's receptiveness to student learning differences or teacher methodology affects the level of creativity by either (1) stimulating a preferred learning style or (2) by encouraging Multiple Intelligence strengths that ultimately enhance a project's outcome or (3) provides quality conceptual art-based projects. Assessment will be determined by comparing a range of scores from four successive years (1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02), using the TTCT.
Recommended Citation
Boyd-Struthers, Sharon, "A Descriptive Study of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences on Student Creativity Within the Art Classroom" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 23.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/23
