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Seventh grade Korean girls who participated in an eight-week creative dance class significantly increased their creative and critical thinking skills. In addition, the creative dance class scored higher in creative thinking skills than the traditional dance class.

From: "The Effects of Creative Dance Instruction on Creative and Critical Thinking of Seventh Grade Female Students in Seoul, Korea," Juja Kim, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, 1998, New York University, NY

Available here: The Arts Education Partnership - Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

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