Arts Impacting Achievement

Research Outcomes

A Continuum for Teacher Development: Direction of Change Across Arts Integrated Practice


Arts Impacting Achievement (AIA)

Analysis of Checklists and Interviews


Authors: Lara Pruitt, AIA Program Director

Cynthia P. Gehrie, Ph.D., AIA External Evaluator


TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION

Project Development

Measuring Teacher Change


METHOD

Experimental Design

Interview and Checklist Analysis


RESULTS

I. Collaboration

Where Teachers Begin

Collaboration in the AIA Project

Statistical Significance on the Value of Teaching Artists in the Classroom

II. Arts Content as Normal Practice

Where Teachers Begin

Arts Content in the AIA Project

Statistical Significance on Teaching Arts Content in the Classroom

III. Arts Integrated Teaching Strategies as Normal Practice

Where Teachers Begin

Arts Integrated Teaching Strategies in the AIA Project

Statistical Significance on Teaching Arts Integrated Content in the Classroom

IV. Knowledge artifacts as Normal practice

Where Teachers Begin

Knowledge Artifacts in the AIA Project

Statistical Significance on Knowledge Artifacts in the Classroom

V. Changes in Perception of Student Learning Characteristics

Where Teachers Begin

Changes in Perception of Student Learning in the AIA Project

Direction of Difference on Perceptions of Student Learning


SUMMARY

A Continuum for Teacher Development: Direction of Change Across Arts Integrated Practice


Arts Impacting Achievement

Analysis of Checklists and Interviews