Between 1966 and 1977, the social scientist David Chambers asked 4,807 elementary-school children, mostly from Canada and the United States, to draw a scientist. Their illustrations regularly featured ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Give a kid a pencil, and she’ll draw a blob – but pretty soon ...

Remember the long days in Algebra class when drawing on corner pages of textbooks and flipping through the drawings was the best escape from boredom? There’s an app for that. FlipaClip is a free ...

Co-authored with Dr. Jeremy Sawyer, postdoctoral fellow at Temple University Children love to draw. Across countries and societies, even if the only materials available are a stick and dirt, children ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from government organisations to investigate teacher standards and refugee resettlement. She is on the Board of Directors ...

That child’s drawing of a house, tree, or person may represent more than an element of the refrigerator-as-art-gallery. It may predict a child’s intelligence later in life. A child’s intelligence at ...

Children’s Day, celebrated every year on 14 November, is more than a festive event, it’s a day that celebrates imagination, innocence and creativity. Drawing competitions have always been one of the ...