• Cally Lim Cheng Yee

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• Saroja Dhanapal

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Our contemporary educational task is to build a solid foundation for lifelong learning inclusive of visual arts known for its potentials and benefits to empower the hearts and minds of young children. This case study focused on how integrating visual art in the writing process enhances the quality of fifteen fifth-grade children’s narrative writing. This research also highlights the significance of visual arts in active learning or visual learning. The qualitative inquiry used three writing conditions that include a short film, photographs, and 3D artwork model as writing prompts to stimulate children to write productively. The data collection process also included children’s Individual Learning Plan and classroom observations. The results revealed that most of the children responded positively to the writing prompts and there was a significant improvement in the grades achieved in at least one of the writing conditions with prompts.

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