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Assigned 87 5th-graders in 2 schools in Israel to 4 55-hr filmmaking courses on 8-mm cameras to examine the influence of active expression through cinematic codes on improving 8 mental skills. The 1st program in filmmaking included photography only; the 2nd, scenario design and photography; the 3rd, photography and editing; the 4th combined all 3 activities. A separate group of 22 Ss from the same classes who were engaged in an arts recreation program served as a control group. Background data were obtained for each S, and mastery levels of 8 mental skills were tested prior to the experiment as well as after the completion of the courses. Multivariate stepwise regression analyses revealed that filmmaking had a significant effect on the cultivation of the 8 mental skills, which included spatial aptitudes as well as logical inferences. The editing activity within the filmmaking process was more significant than other activities to the cultivation of 4 specific skills associated with logical inferences. (31 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
