Measuring Critical Thinking: Results From an Art Museum Field Trip Experiment

摘要: ABSTRACTResearch shows that participation in school-based arts education has declined over the past decade. A problem for arts' role been a lack of rigorous scholarship demonstrates educational benefits. component this available data. In study, we use original data collected through randomized controlled trial to measure effects school visits an art museum. Building on previous work, find positive museum students' ability critically examine work art. Importantly, validate our findings with additional experiment utilizes different style assess critical-thinking outcomes, adding extra validity assessment instrument and results. Our research suggests policymakers should more fully consider benefits education, scholars broader approaches measuring student performance nontested subjects.