Children's drawings may help with early detection of giftednessby Tilburg University
March 15, 2023
Phys.org
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https://phys.org/news/2023-03-children-early-giftedness.htmlMathijssen's dissertation provides evidence for the possibility that human figure drawings can help in early identification of children whose talents might not fully flourish in mainstream education. Among other things, Mathijssen analyzed the drawings of 206 children ages 4 through 6.
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. . . https://pure.uvt.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/68683711/Mathijssen_Back_22_03_2023.pdf Related:
1)
If Your Child’s Drawings Look Like This, You Could Be Raising a Geniusby Brooke Nelson
Aug 09, 2017
Reader's Digest
Note: Sven Mathijssen, Center for the Study of Giftedness at Radboud University in the Netherlands, was a co-author of the 2016 study which this article is reporting on. ... intelligence tests only provide a right and wrong answer, which experts say is inadequate measure a child’s creativity—another indicator of giftedness.
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Genes Influence Young Children’s Human Figure Drawings and Their Association With Intelligence a Decade Later, Sagepub, 2014
3) 40 years ago, the idea was being discussed.
Draw A Person Test (DAPT). Thakur, 19824) Wikipedia - Draw A Person Test - the concept has been documented since 1926, almost 100 years ago, and remains controversial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw-a-Person_test5) Draw-A-Person-test administration and scoring -
https://www.proedinc.com/Products/10695/dapiq-drawaperson-intellectual-ability-test.aspx The validity and utility of this test lie in the scoring system's emphasis of concepts over artistic skill and motor coordination... autistic or severely hyperactive children, non-reading or non-English speaking clients... less cultural specificity than most intelligence tests, verbal or nonverbal (culture-reduced)
It appears the Draw-A-Person-Test may be helpful in some instances, and yet is not a panacea.
