Valuing Quantitative Research in Drama Education

• In Event: Methods, Histories, and Outcomes in Drama/Theater Education

Abstract

Drama education advocates often assert that engaging in dramatic activities helps students develop artistic, academic, and social-emotional competencies. The education leaders and policymakers that these advocate hope to influence often value quantitative data in addition to other information. As such, quantitative and mixed methods research studies can effectively complement qualitative, theoretical, and historiographic investigations of the field. This paper reviews statistical findings that point to benefits of educational drama, and encourages researchers to consider reviewing and conducting studies with quantitative elements.

Author

• Matt Omasta, Miami University (OH)
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