This article describes the steps taken by the University of Oregon to create a prototype contracted camp service for 6-13 year old children of military personnel stationed overseas. Selection and training of college students for staff positions is outlined, and brief descriptions of the day and resident camps are given. (IAH)

Findings are presented from a study which examined the viewpoints of women's teams coaches (N=194) concerning strategies for recruiting and retaining female college coaches. Coaches were asked to evaluate the effectiveness of seven recruitment and retention strategies, to select the one they considered most important, and to recommend additional…

An extensive descriptive study of high school physical education programs in 15 urban Canadian high schools collected and analyzed data to provide insight into student (N=225) activity as an indication of physical education quality. Motor skill and cognitive development activities were observed and analyzed. (IAH)

Compares the performance of music teachers with teachers of other subjects on the 10 competencies selected by the Alabama Career Incentive Program. Reports that music teachers' competency scores were below the mean for all teachers on 7 of the 10 competencies, but that music teachers outperformed other teachers in using materials and eliciting…

Focuses on the relationship of music composition with specific learning styles. Emphasizes the development of a research model in which music composition was viewed as involving intuitive and rational musical abilities. Uses two learning-style inventories and a researcher-designed test of musical composition ability. (DB)

Examined results of pretests and posttests given to undergraduates enrolled in a music appreciation course to analyze the changes in their musical attitudes, opinions, and knowledge. Found that students exhibited a significant gain in knowledge about musical works; however, there was no significant difference in their opinions of these same works.…

Investigates aspects of instructional language from three historical perspectives to define elements of teacher language behavior and to develop an instructional language assessment instrument that might be useful in evaluating the language behavior of preservice elementary and music education majors. Compares behaviors of elementary education…

Describes a questionnaire sent to 90 publishing researchers who were members of college music faculties asking why they engaged in research activities and what specific rewards they believe were obtained because of their research. States that the main reasons for research were intellectual curiosity, enjoyment, self-improvement, and perceived…

Reviews the development of the Louisville, Kentucky, public school music program from its establishment in 1844 to its suspension in 1879. Examines rationales for introducing music into the curriculum; debates over teaching methods; and choices of music curricula. Uses primary sources, including minutes and annual reports of the Louisville school…

Examined music educators perceived status of mainstreaming in Iowa and Kansas. Results indicated lack of consensus among music educators concerning effectiveness of mainstreaming. Revealed few differences among the responses from music educators who work with mainstreamed students. Found a need for clear instructional objectives for disabled…

Examined young children's abilities to echo short pitch patterns in relation to maintenance of a tonal center in self-chosen and taught songs. Found a low positive correlation between ability to echo pitches or contours and maintenance of a tonal center in singing. Reported that children consistently used larger vocal ranges in echoing pitch…

Compares the effect of modeling on the development of musical preference by comparing subject race and sex with preferred performer race and sex. After viewing "We Are the World," subjects selected the solo part they preferred to perform. These were compared with their favorite performer. Subjects preferred same-race and same-sex models. (DB)

Analyzed the relative contributions of academic ability, music experience, and musical aptitude to predicting grades in college freshman music theory courses. Found that the best predictor of grades was the mathematics component of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Data analysis revealed five factors that accounted for 78.6 percent of the…

Discusses Thaddeus L. Bolton's 1895 doctoral dissertation, which may have been the first dissertation on a music-education related topic. Reports that Bolton's thesis, titled "Rhythm," and written at Clark University (Massachusetts) was an experimental study of 30 subjects and their reaction to sounds occurring at different speeds and intensities…

Asks how the Chinese Communist party's education policy can achieve the goal of socialist higher education. Examines a series of surveys of college graduates, dropouts, and current undergraduates taken April to October of 1986, and reports on survey results at various institutions on student attitudes, values, and commitment to party ideologies.…