The effects of visual perception experiences on academic success in fine arts

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Ozlem Uslu

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The aims of this study are: to find out how students’ previous aesthetic knowledge, visual perception and hand-eye coordination experiences affect academic success in the Faculty of Fine Arts; and to compare the academic success of the students who entered the faculty by aptitude test with students who entered the faculty only university exam score without aptitude test.

In this study, literature search, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques were used. The universe of the study included the graduates who were accepted by the faculty by taking drawing aptitude test and also students who  entered the program only by university exam score without aptitude test.  The sample of the research included 23 aptitude test takers and 39 non aptitude test takers. The drawing course academic grades were compared between those test takers and non-test-takers. It was found that aptitude test takers were much more successful in drawing class than the respondents who entered the school without aptitude tests. In conclusion, for the art schools the talent exam should be required in order to educate better students.

 

Keywords: Visual perception, aptitude test, art education, drawing.

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