National Art Education Association

The National Art Education Association and the Association of Art Museum Directors will conduct the first major national study in the United States on the impact of single-visit programs to art museums on K-12 students. This project will qualitatively and quantitatively explore how engaging directly with original works of art within the distinctive physical setting of art museums nurtures skills and capacities among students. The partners will finalize the research study design, complete a literature review, test research protocols, select sites for the study, carry out data collection and processing at six selected museums and associated classrooms, analyze the data, develop and disseminate the final report, write a user's guide, and hold a symposium to share findings. The project will result in research-based understanding of the benefits of single visit are museum programs for children in grades 5-8, public and field-wide discussion about the value of art museums to young people, advocacy tools, increased research-based decision making, and the identification of new questions to research.