Art Teacher Ames Middle School Ames, Iowa, United States
Short Description: Artists' intellectual abilities manifest as internalized mental processes, making it difficult to demonstrate their aptitude. Discover how to nurture artistic potential through innovative strategies and practical tools. This session explores challenges to identifying high-performance and addresses inequities in art by introducing the Feldman Model for critique writing. Gain actionable insights to support conceptual thinking and broaden assessment in your classroom.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn how artistic aptitude often manifest internally, making it difficult to identify without proper tools and documentation.
Participants will become familiar with the Feldman Model for critique to adopt broader assessment methods that nurture and document an artist’s cognitive and conceptual processes.
Participants will practice using this practical tool that integrates critical thinking, visual analysis, and meaning making, glean differentiated implementation strategies, and calibrate evaluation to measure growth and inspire students.
