ABDVP- Evaluation & Research
Evaluation
Year 1: Program Pilot
Developed K-12 curricula and instructional materials for students
Formed key leadership & implementation teams
Collaborated to form the Content Expert Advisory Panel
Developed research & evaluation tools
Obtained IRB approval
Successfully piloted the curricula in 3 classes
Year 2: Initial Implementation
Produced extensive professional development materials
Successfully piloted the Arts-Based Data Visualization Summer Institute
100% successful implementation of curriculum by teachers
86% of Content Expert Advisory Panel rated curricula materials as “Exemplary”
Year 3: Continued Improvement
Revised and developed professional development materials based on teacher and Expert Panel feedback
Conducted 2nd successful Arts-Based Data Visualization Summer Institute
93% of Content Expert Advisory Panel rated curricula materials as “Exemplary”
Significant increases in student data visualization attitudes and confidence
Year 4: Program Achievements
Arts-Based Data Visualization Summer Institute highly-rated and recommended by participants
A majority of teachers and 100% of the Content Expert Advisory Board rated curricula materials as “Exemplary”
Statistically significant increases in student data visualization attitudes and confidence
6 articles published
Read the Year 4 Technical Report
Research and Publications
Bertling, J., & Galbraith, A. (2024). Teachers’ data-based storytelling in a STEAM professional development programme. International Journal of Education through Art, 20(3), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00174_7
Bertling, J. G., Galbraith, A., Monroe, N. A., Massey, M., & Christen, N. (2025). Arts-based data visualization professional development: Art, mathematics, and science teacher outcomes. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 26(20), 1-27. http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea26n20
Bertling, J., Galbraith, A., Wandell, T., & Swartzentruber, R. (2024). Transdisciplinary learning that elevates the arts? Insights from a data-visualization pilot project. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 25(16), 31. https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea25n16
Bertling, J., Galbraith, A., Wandell, T., & Swartzentruber, R. (2025). Plastic rivers and E. coli ice cream: Visual metaphors in middle-school students’ arts-based data visualizations. Studies in Art Education, 66(1), 53-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2024.2429355.
Bertling, J. G., Monroe, N. A., Galbraith, A., Massey, M., Christen, N., & Rearden, K. (2025). Impacts of STEAM professional development: Science, mathematics, and art teachers integrating arts-based data visualization. Journal of Science Education and Technology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-025-10245-w
Galbraith, A., Bertling, J. Wandell, T., Swartzentruber, R., & Hodge, L. (2024). Data story finding and storytelling: Arts-based data visualization in art and STEM classrooms. Art Education, 77(2), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2023.2292314
Webcast
Data Visualization in Art Education Teaching and Research. NAEA Webcast. April 2022.