Mrs. Tillman :)
Friday, January 29, 2016
Art Newsletter Week of January 25th, 2016
Here is this week's newsletter. Please enjoy!
Mrs. Tillman :)
Mrs. Tillman :)
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Creativity Test
One of the measures of growth I like to do with my students is a creativity test. I don't count it as an official school growth measure but is something I like to look at and observe the change. The problem is most of the creativity tests out there require you to buy them. So I made my own. I will post jpegs of my creativity test below so if you would like to use them they are yours to use. Unfortunately, until I have my own Wacom tablet you will have to deal with my hand drawn designs.
Here's how I administer the creativity test. I give the student the test and I make sure to tell them to draw the most unique answer. I also encourage them to color their tests. I find that adding color often makes their answers more clear. When they are done I collect them and compare them with the rest of my sample. Eventually, I figure I will have most of the common answers figured out but for now...I look over the group of tests I look to see what is the most common answer is. Scores are based on the most unique answers. I figure there is 12 squares so a student with 6/12 has 6 unique answers. (Often I will have a few kids with semi unique answers so they may have 6.5/12) really the score is only for my record to understand where my students are and how far they have come. One thing I do not look for is drawing ability. I only looking to know how do they problem solve and think differently.
Here is an example of a problem with typical answer and then a unique answer.
Here are those handouts. Enjoy.
Here's how I administer the creativity test. I give the student the test and I make sure to tell them to draw the most unique answer. I also encourage them to color their tests. I find that adding color often makes their answers more clear. When they are done I collect them and compare them with the rest of my sample. Eventually, I figure I will have most of the common answers figured out but for now...I look over the group of tests I look to see what is the most common answer is. Scores are based on the most unique answers. I figure there is 12 squares so a student with 6/12 has 6 unique answers. (Often I will have a few kids with semi unique answers so they may have 6.5/12) really the score is only for my record to understand where my students are and how far they have come. One thing I do not look for is drawing ability. I only looking to know how do they problem solve and think differently.
Here is an example of a problem with typical answer and then a unique answer.
Here are those handouts. Enjoy.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Art Newsletter - Week of Jan 18th, 2016
Early Edition of the Art Newsletter.
Welcome to Art. I hope you are as excited as I am to start the second semester. We have some great things coming. June 1st will be the Art and Music color run, we will also be working on our 8th grade bottle cap mural, and finally celebrating at our District K-12 art show. I can't wait for a wonderful final semester.
Enjoy and Welcome.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Art Newsletter - Week of Jan 4th
This is the last newsletter of this semester. I wish all my students who are moving on a wonderful year and hope to see you next year. Please stop by and say hello from time to time. Also keep your calendar free for January 1st as we will be holding a Color Run.
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