Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
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Critical Links Tool kit

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Critical Links: Fact Sheet
Background information regarding Critical Links and compendium selection criteria. (MS Word document)

Critical Links: Highlights
Select findings from Critical Links (MS Word document)

"Critical Links to Student Success"
Article by Richard J. Deasy and Lauren Stevenson (MS Word document)

Supplemental Materials

"An Inventory of Arts Related Academic and Social Outcomes Found in Critical Links"
Chart excerpted from James Catterall's essay "The Arts and the Transfer of Learning." Provides a preliminary inventory of the academic and social outcomes that are shown to be, by the studies collected in Critical Links, related to learning in the arts.

"Impacts on Thinking Skills and Student Motivation"
Charts organizing outcomes of the arts learning. (MS Word document)

"Impacts in Specific Areas of Student Learning"
Index by the academic and social arena where the arts have impact, with a key to which specific studies address which outcomes. (MS Word document)

http://www.criticallinks.org
Critical Links is a professional development tool that supports teachers in refining their expertise. Through an inquiry process, teachers develop questions pertinent to their classroom practices, gather evidence to answer those questions and share the results in a learning community.

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Researchers' Biographies
Contributing researchers and contact information