Analyze the two drawings of a person using the Goodenough Draw-A-Person Scoring system
PThese links provide information about the stages children go through as they develop the ability to draw. As a result of these experiences, the ability make marks on a page, or write, also develops.
Learning to Write and Draw (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Scribbles (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Kellogg)
Developmental Stages of Art (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (first four pages provide information needed; additional pages are FYI)
Task
The Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test, first known as the Goodenough Draw-A-Man test, was first designed in 1926 to assess intelligence without relying on verbal ability.The test assesses a person’s level of intelligence based on how accurately the body is drawn and how many elements of the body are included when the child is given a pencil and sheet of white paper and asked to draw a man, the best man he or she is able to draw.
There is no right or wrong type of drawing, although the child must make a drawing of a whole person each time — i.e. head to feet, not just the face.
The Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test is administered individually or in groups to children aged 3-15 and can be used either as a psychological test (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for emotional disorders (special education) or a measure of mental ability (QSS). The test is untimed but usually takes about 15 minutes. The child is asked specifically to draw the entire body rather than just the head and shoulders. He or she can erase and start over and, when the test is given individually, talk to the examiner about any part of the drawing. The test is evaluated on the basis of 73 scoreable criteriawith the raw score converted to standardized scores (performance age which is the chronological age).
I used the Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test when I taught Kindergarten to get a sense of each child’s performance (mental) age, not chronological age, so that I could have a better understanding of what the children were capable of doing cognitively. There can be a difference between a child’s chronological age and performance (mental) age so that is how I found this assessment to be useful.
The performance, or mental, age of a child, or individual, is what the child is capable of doing cognitively. If I had a five-year-old that was functioning cognitively at the level of a three-year-old then my expectations for tasks that the child could complete would be different than that of a five-year-old. In other words, I could not plan one lesson to teach a concept one way as all of the children in my class were not functioning, cognitively, at the same level and therefore would understand the information and task differently.
You will use these drawings to complete the assignment. The document you will use follows these drawings.
Drawing #1 (you may click on the picture to print it)
Drawing #2 (you may click on the picture to print it)
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Analyze the two drawings of a person using the Goodenough Draw-A-Person Scoring system (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. This documentPreview the documentexplains how to score each of the drawings above.
Upload the completed scoring instrument/checklist showing how you scored the drawing of each child.
After you have scored each drawing using this instrument, answer these questions.
What is the chronological/performance age of each student, based on the results of the Goodenough Draw-A-Person assessment?
What do these results suggest about how you will plan and implement instruction for the age group that you intend to or are teaching?
