Responds to Daniel R. Wilson's critique of Pekarsky's article, "Moral Dilemmas and Moral Education" (Win 1980). Pekarsky advocates using moral dilemmas to improve student ethical problem-solving skills. The practicality of conceptualization and deliberation skills developed in the classroom and the transferability of cultural values using moral…

This experiment measured the achievement of 18 college freshmen music majors in the Graded Units for Interactive Dictation Operations (GUIDO) chord quality program and determined the pattern of student responses to chord quality dictation exercises. (Author/KC)

The purpose of this study, based on a survey of music supervisors in Canada, was to describe indexes of the academic and professional preparation of music supervisors, with particular emphasis given to the effects of geographic region in Canada, music supervisor type, and jurisdiction size type on these indexes. (Author/KC)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a creative-comprehensive approach (students creating original music by assuming the roles of composer, performer and analytic listener) when compared with a performance approach (students engaged in the performance and aural analysis of preselected folk and traditional music).…

Eleanor Smith (1858-1942), an outstanding composer of children's songs, was perhaps the most significant musician to embrace the philosophy of Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), who founded the kindergarten in 1837 and consistently acknowledged and dignified children's natural capabilities and interests. Smith's songs still appear in published song…

Explores reasons for the current ineffectiveness of moral education and offers an alternative perspective on the proper purpose and methods for moral education. This ideal moral education is based primarily on the belief that social interactions during childhood are highly significant in the development of morality and on the functionalist…

The influence of the MACOS curriculum on the attitudes of fourth grade students toward objectional practices was examined. Control groups and experimental groups completed attitudinal inventories. The attitudes of both control and experimental groups were similar, showing that studying MACOS curriculum does not cause children to become more…

Discusses a study undertaken to determine how 12 elementary school classroom teachers planned social studies curriculum. Topics discussed include planning processes, influences of planning on the curriculum, and implications of the study. Findings indicated that planning does not necessarily follow the objectives-first model taught in many…

Takes the position that radical reconstructionism is a significant movement in the history of social education and that the radical reconstructionists have raised questions and made proposals which could enrich and expand the debate over how to define and rationalize the field. (Author/DB)

To determine whether the accuracy of students' aural perception of rhythmic completeness and incompleteness is influenced by melodic context, 2,207 secondary school students were administered a 42-item data-collection instrument based on 14 rhythmic units. According to the results, accuracy is influenced by melodic context. (Author/SJL)

Thirteen hyperactive males (ages five through eight) were rated on activity prior to, during, and after a period of ascending music stimuli. It was hypothesized that they would become less active during, rather than before or after, the stimulus. Activity significantly increased during the music program, thus rejecting the hypothesis. (Author/SJL)

This study investigated relationships between eight motivational variables of the high school band director and three criteria of directing success: ensemble musicianship; ensemble music performance; and students' ratings of their director. Three motivational variables--and school size--were found to be significant predictors of band directing…

Using dichotic listening methodology, 25 musicians and 25 nonmusicians were compared on four cerebral lateralization tasks: melodies, tonal patterns, rhythm patterns, and verbal stimuli. Musicians demonstrated superior performance on the music tasks. Results are interpreted in terms of superior cognitive strategies of musicians as a function of…

This study examined videotaped teacher and performer behavior during several high school ensemble rehearsals to determine the predictability of off-task behavior from eight carrier variables. Results indicated a strong relationship between off-task behavior and individual teachers, nonperformance activity, and teacher eye contact. (Author/SJL)

From 29 five-year-olds, three groups were drawn. Two experimental groups received 12 weeks of either instrumental improvisation or singing, percussion, and movement. Controls received no music instruction. Scores on the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA) indicated that the instructional programs influenced subjects' developmental music…