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Celebrating Youth Art Month with Student Voices
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Dwight Rich School, MAEIA, St. Martha's School, visual arts, Youth Art Month
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. We at MAEIA thought the best way...
Continue ReadingChunk and Bundle: The Bundled Assessment Approach for Demonstrating Teacher Effectiveness by Carrie Jeruzal
Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, bundling assessments, Carrie Jeruzal, chunking, data collection, educator effectiveness, student growth, teacher evaluation, visual arts
Navigating the world of assessment can be daunting, especially assessment in the arts. Arts assessments come in a variety of forms, all dependent upon a variety of factors: resources available, specific arts discipline, grade level,...
Continue ReadingBuilding a Foundation for Interdisciplinary K-12 Arts Education: A Teacher Educator’s Perspective
Arts integration is often framed as a panacea of curriculum integration, a highly effective means of instructional differentiation, and a strong argument for supporting arts education in K-12 schooling. What is less discussed is how...
Continue ReadingMichael Letts: Art as Energy!
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, creative process, creativity, energy, Harvard Project Zero, MAEIA, Michael Letts, Oliver Herring, performance events, performance tasks, process-based learning, Thomas Hirschhorn, time-based
One integral aspect of many MAEIA assessment items is time limits. Sometimes this may seem unnatural, high pressure, or “test-oriented.” But in the arts, limiting time can often...
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