RJA #5c: Search String Check

I couldn't find the link to the other classmates blogs! Help!

RJA #5b: Books

I found more than a few books that look like they will be extremely helpful on my research. Here are a couple....

**1.Gardner, Howard
Art, Mind, and Brain
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Copyright 1982

**2.Jensen, Eric
Art with the Brain in Mind
Alexandria, VA
ASCD
2001

These books were found using the google books search engine. I search with keywords art and brain development. This search was done a couple of weeks ago, I am not sure of the date. Again, there were many hits, some relevant, most were not.

RJA #5a: Reference Articles

Unfortunately, none of the links the teacher provided did me any good. They came up with absolutely nothing when I searched for my topic, and if they did come up with something, it was completely unrelated to my topic. I then turned to the Auraria Campus library to search their journal articles that are listed. I found a few articles that may be helpful, but bookmarked the entire list of results to look through them more closely when I have more time.
**1.((~Lundqvist Lars Olov~) au)','Lundqvist, Lars-Olov','ERIC','3'); return false">Lundqvist, Lars-Olov; ((~Andersson Gunilla~) au)','Andersson, Gunilla','ERIC','3'); return false">Andersson, Gunilla; ((~Viding Jane~) au)','Viding, Jane','ERIC','3'); return false">Viding, Jane
Effects of Vibroacoustic Music on Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
((~Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders~) jn)','Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders','ERIC','3'); return false">Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800
Elsevier
2009

**2.((~Geist Kamile~) au)','Geist, Kamile','ERIC','3'); return false">Geist, Kamile; ((~McCarthy John~) au)','McCarthy, John','ERIC','3'); return false">McCarthy, John; ((~Rodgers Smith Amy~) au)','Rodgers-Smith, Amy','ERIC','3'); return false">Rodgers-Smith, Amy; ((~Porter Jessica~) au)','Porter, Jessica','ERIC','3'); return false">Porter, Jessica
Integrating Music Therapy Services and Speech-Language Therapy Services for Children with Severe Communication Impairments: A Co-Treatment Model
((~Journal of Instructional Psychology~) jn)','Journal of Instructional Psychology','ERIC','3'); return false">Journal of Instructional Psychology
P.O. Box 8508 Spring Hill Station, Mobile, AL 36689-0508
Project Innovation, Inc.
2008

Both of these articles are on the ERIC database. I did not view the full articles. This search was made on 9/21/09. I searched using the words musicANDchildANDdevelopment as well as artANDchildANDdevelopment. I got thousands of hits, some relevant, some not.

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

LINKS TO BLOGS I COMMENTED ON:

http://lgreenmyer.blogspot.com/

http://denahankins.blogspot.com/

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

Search Strings: +art+"child development", +music+"brain development", +art+music+brain+"child development", +child+development+music+art-adult, +child+development+music+art, "effects of art"+"child development", +school+art+music+"child development"

Boolean Operators: art AND brain AND development AND children AND NOT adults,
music AND art AND child AND development, music AND art AND brain AND development, music AND brain AND development AND children AND NOT adults, school AND art AND music AND child AND development

RJA #4a: Generating Keywords

Key Words: brain, art, child, development, music, thought processes, art class, school, school-age

Ladder of Organization: music, art, child, brain, music and art and child development, music and art and brain development, effects of music and art on child brain development

RJA #3c: Developing Research Question

Seeing as how I unfortunately do not have my book yet, I'm just going to take a stab at writing a research question and I will edit it later, after I've received my book.
"What are the effects of the Arts on brain development in children? Is it important to encourage the Arts beyond early childhood?"

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic

After doing a bit more research, it seems like I chose a good topic to get a great research paper written. I fear if I narrow the research, say to only the effects of Classical Music on brain development, i won't be able to find enough information for the length of the paper. However, if I am writing the paper or the outline and it looks like I just have way too much information and it's going to be a little too lengthy, i will narrow it down to the topic I found the most research on and go from there.

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic

Upon checking some more sights, especially google scholar, I have found that the best resources for my report are probably going to be books. I have not yet been able to get to the library, but I plan to this week (hopefully!). However, I was able to get some solid facts out of the summaries and previews I was able to read about the different books I found.
In summary, it looks like there is a lot of studies on the effects art and music have on a child's brain development. It seems like the earlier you get started the better. The prime ages of brain development and imprinting lasting knowledge is between the age of birth (in some books, it even says before birth) to age 3-5 (depending on the source I was looking at). I also found a book that focused only on the importance of Art in continuing education for a variety of reasons, including keeping the brain stimulated and focused.