摘要
本项纵向研究考察了艺术类课外活动及相应的艺术课程成绩是否与整体学习成绩呈正相关.研究数据收集自488名初中生(男生259名,女生229名),历时2年以上.研究人员分别在七年级末和九年级末收集了参与者的音乐和视觉艺术课外活动参与情况、整体学习成绩(即日语、社会学、数学、科学和英语的成绩)以及音乐和艺术成绩.结构方程模型显示,参与音乐和视觉艺术课外活动与七年级和九年级的整体学习成绩提高呈正相关,这些相关与音乐和视觉艺术成绩的变化有关.这一发现表明,艺术教育有助于提高学生的整体学习成绩;但是,当前研究仅显示了二者的相关关系.未来的研究应通过控制其他因素(例如智商、动机等)考察参加艺术活动和学习成绩之间的因果关系.
Abstract
The present longitudinal study examined whether extracurricular activities in the arts and corresponding scores in art classes have a positive association with general academic performance.Data were collected from 488 seventh-grade children(259 boys and 229 girls)for over two years.Information regarding their participation in extracurricular activities in music and visual arts,grade points in general academic performance(i.e.,Japanese,Social Studies,Mathematics,Science,and English),music,and arts were obtained at end of the seventh and ninth grades.Structural equation modeling revealed that participation in extracurricular activities in both music and visual arts was positively associated with improvements in general academic performance from the seventh and ninth grades,and these associations were related to changes in music and visual arts scores.This finding suggests that arts education can contribute to improving general academic performance;however,the current study shows correlational relationships.Future research should examine the causal relationship between art involvement and academic performance by controlling for other factors(e.g.,IQ,motivation,etc.).
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