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Craft activities improve student learning skills |
| Published: June 16, 2008, 5:40 am |
| Tags: skill development, crafts, creativity, skills, learning, hands on projects |
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There is a strong link between crafts activities and skill development among children of all ages. I am also a craft teacher and noticed it very often that many kind of crafts help in skill development which as a results produce good learning outcome in their other subject areas. Let's have a look at some research based studies and reports in this connection:"The Academic Value of Hands-on Craft Projects in Elementary Schools" Conducted in 2001 by ROCKMAN ET AL, an independent educational research and consulting company, the study revealed the following key findings: * Student learning improves when classroom lessons incorporate hands-on craft activities. * Students develop greater curiosity about the subject matter when craft projects are included. * Student behavior and socialization skills improve when crafts are undertaken.' Teachers regularly use craft projects to teach the core subjects and link the projects to state and national curriculum standards. Teachers say learning [ Full article ] |
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