Visual Thinking Strategies Study St. Petersburg Russia
link coming soon
1994-1996
1994-95
Principal Researcher: Abigail Housen
Senior Research Associate: Karin DeSantis
Treatment: Visual Thinking Curriculum, Year I
Assessment tools: Bi-annual Aesthetic Development Interviews, questionnaires, teacher debriefings
Subjects: Experimental:
60 4th grade students
Control:
30 4th grade students Total Subjects: 90
Findings:
In the post ADIs of the experimental group there is a trend towards stage gain.
Site Coordinator: Liubov Vaniushkina, St. Petersburg Pedagogical University
1995-96
Treatment A: Visual Thinking Strategies, Year II
Assessment: Bi-annual Aesthetic Development Interviews, questionnaires, teacher logs, teacher debriefings; pilot phase of teacher assessment tool
Subjects: Experimental:
30 5th grade students
Control:
30 5th grade students Total Subjects: 60
Findings:
Due to problems with the data collection, the data for this study is flawed. However, in the post ADIs of experimental students we find evidence of the emergence of viewing behaviors fostered by the VTS (grounding and speculating) together with evidence of an increase in comments typical of Stage II viewers, such as greater awareness of formal issues, concern with realism, and consideration of the artists’ process and intent.
Site Coordinators: Liubov Vaniushkina, St. Petersburg Pedagogical University
Natasha Yevleva, State Russian Museum
Treatment B: Visual Thinking Strategies, Year I
Assessment tools: Bi-annual ADIs, questionnaires and teacher debriefing,
Subjects: Experimental:
30 1st grade students
Control:
30 1st grade students Total Subjects: 60
Findings:
Due to problems with the data collection, the data for this study is flawed.
link to St. Petersburg Pilot Study - #11 coming soon