THE YELLOW-RED TEST IN THE “ART OF LEARNING” PROGRAM Results from Hungarian and Norwegian art-supported learning in elementary schools

Abstract

The present report analyzes the results from the Yellow-Red test conducted at the start of the Art of Learning project and again as a follow-up test nearly a year after the project's conclusion in Norway and Hungary. The intention of this testing was to see if participating in the project improved the socalled executive functions in school children. After correction for age differences, however, children participating in the AoL project and a nonparticipating control group got the same results. This probably means that the test either 1. Does not measure executive functions in a satisfactory and relevant manner or 2. Indicates that participation in the project does not influence the children’s executive functions. The report also summarizes some parts of the data material in additional detail, mainly to check that subtests or respondent subgroups do not yield results that are different from those of the complete data matrix. These additional analyses may also be relevant to further discussions on the practical procedures of the project and on its future.