Investigates the effects of audiovisual media on preschool children's attitudes toward music presentations from "The Lion King" and "Fantasia." Finds that the listening times for music-plus-video presentations of both selections were longer and a majority of the children expressed a preference for "The Lion King" over "Fantasia." (CMK)

Explores whether past experiences in mainstreamed classes exert a positive influence on present attitudes of typical secondary students and whether their attitudes differ according to their ages, the specific disabilities encountered, or activities involving disabled peers. Presents the findings and conclusions in detail. (CMK)

Describes the case method of instruction as using cases or studies of teachers in real or fictional settings as prompts for students' discussion and reflection. Summarizes the case method research in music and teacher education, identifies casebooks for teacher education, discusses teachers' use of case method, and offers suggestions for practice…

Investigates the fears pre-internship student teachers have and compares the students rated as having "outstanding" versus "good" teaching potential. Reveals that the top two fears are inadequacy in discipline and failing as a teacher; both groups demonstrated the former while the "good" students expressed the latter twice as frequently as the…

Describes the "Arts in Elementary Education Conference" that was an effort to develop and implement an arts in-service program for Alabama elementary teachers with special attention to ongoing program evaluation and refinement. Examines the participants' responses on their conference application, an arts integration questionnaire, conference…

Discusses the dissertations written from 1993 to 1996 on topics related to world musics and music education in the United States; includes, but is not limited to, a focus on a variety of categories such as philosophy, multicultural music education, student and teacher attitudes toward world musics, and teacher education. Provides references. (CMK)

Compares the effects of fundamental exercises and music excerpts approaches on sightreading and performance proficiency of 58 students in a symphonic and concert band at a suburban high school. Finds that the students using music excerpts were no weaker in sightreading ability, had a higher performance achievement, and indicated more positive…

Discusses the similarities of adult musicians' experiences in five Japanese community and company bands and the experiences encountered in the United States. Focuses on the profile of the Japanese musicians, their reasons for being musicians, the teaching methods and funding of the bands, and rehearsal/performance experiences. Addresses…

Reviews the results of descriptive and experimental studies concerning comprehensive musicianship in public school rehearsal class settings. Focuses on 25 studies within three categories: (1) research on student achievement and attitudes; (2) research on teaching practices; and (3) research on teaching materials, teacher beliefs, and teacher…

Reviews selected literature on child development about children's symbol use in performance of spatial and mathematical tasks. Describes the musical development of a child over a period of 16 months and shows how principles of symbol use from outside music can guide interpretations of children's symbol acquisition. (CMK)

Investigates whether solo as opposed to group instruction would improve students' acquisition of rhythmic skills. Finds that individual echoing of rhythm patterns may be advantageous with regard to sight-reading performance. Maintains that it is reasonable to include solo opportunities for the echoing of rhythmic patterns by elementary school…

Explores the literature from physical education psychomotor research in order to answer questions concerning elementary music psychomotor skills acquisition and retention by focusing on four aspects of motor-learning theories: (1) knowledge of results; (2) contextual interference; (3) cognitive strategies; and (4) modeling. (CMK)

Investigates the evaluation abilities of university music majors, as compared to expert voice teachers, in the evaluation of solo vocal performance. Concludes that the experts attained higher scores on the three measures of evaluation ability because of their previous evaluation experience and acquired critical listening skills. (CMK)

Examines whether the consistent or inconsistent use of pitch labels during instruction in pitch terminology affected French kindergarten children's identification of pitch in the two chosen classes. Finds that the children who were taught one pair of terms provided significantly more correct verbal responses than did the group who learned two…

Explores invented notation and the role it plays in the compositional process of children. Identifies the various areas of research on this topic and discusses the effects computer technology has on children as they notate their musical ideas. Reveals the educational implications of invented notation that enable students opportunities for…