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Direct linkMiksza, Peter; Gault, Brent M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to describe the music experiences elementary school children in the United States receive in the academic classroom setting. The data were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of the Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K), a nationally representative study that followed kindergarteners through…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach
Frewen, Katherine Goins – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2010
The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of familiarity with the sound of a melody on children's performance of the melody. Children in kindergarten through fourth grade (N = 97) with no previous formal instrumental instruction were taught to play a four-measure melody on a keyboard during an individual instruction session. Before…
Descriptors: Music, Familiarity, Aural Learning, Performance Factors
Gromko, Joyce Eastlund; Hansen, Dee; Tortora, Anne Halloran; Higgins, Daniel; Boccia, Eric – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether children's recall of tones, numbers, and words was supported by a common temporal sequencing mechanism; whether children's patterns of memory for tones, numbers, and nonsense words were the same despite differences in symbol systems; and whether children's recall of tones, numbers, and nonsense…
Descriptors: Children, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology), Acoustics
Guilbault, Denise Marie – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2009
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of harmonic accompaniment on the tonal improvisations of elementary school students. Specifically, this study was designed to (a) determine if the addition of a root melody accompaniment to song instruction affects the implied harmonic changes and harmonic rhythm in the tonal improvisations…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Music Education, Singing, Creative Activities
Johnson, Christopher M.; Memmott, Jenny E. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2006
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between participation in contrasting school music programs and standardized test scores. Relationships between elementary (third- or fourth-grade) students' academic achievement at comparable schools, but with contrasting music programs as to instructional quality, were…
Descriptors: Test Results, Standardized Tests, Music Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedAbeles, Hal – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2004
This study is an examination of the influence of three orchestra/school partnerships on students' interest in instrumental music. A vocational choice school was used to assess students' interest in instrumental music. Surveys were administered to second- through fourth-grade students at partnership and nonpartnership schools. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Musicians, Musical Instruments, Career Choice, Music
