From the 1980s onwards, on average, 28 percent of children drew female scientists, compared to 0.6 percent in Chambers’s original study. This makes sense. Since the 1960s, female representation ...

Although the children were not asked to draw plants, plants appeared in 91.3 percent of the drawings. The children were most specific when drawing mammals and birds, with most of these animals ...

Drawing can help children learn. Research shows that using drawing as a teaching activity can increase children’s understanding in other areas, such as science. A group of children were taught ...