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ERIC Number: EJ1078711
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-8755-1233
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Developing Singing in Third-Grade Music Classrooms: The Effect of a Concurrent-Feedback Computer Game on Pitch-Matching Skills
Paney, Andrew S.; Kay, Ann C.
Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, v34 n1 p42-49 Nov 2015
The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of concurrent visual feedback on pitch-matching skill development in third-grade students. Participants played a computer game, "SingingCoach," which scored the accuracy of their singing of the song "America." They followed the contour of the melody on the screen as the computer displayed a line representing their real-time vocal response. Participants could adjust their singing based on the feedback and improve their score. Music teachers (n = 30) tested their students (N = 2,021) in the fall and spring semesters and reported their scores. A correlated samples t-test showed a significant difference between students' pretest and posttest scores, with a mean increase of more than 10 percentage points. Computer programs that offer immediate, concurrent singing feedback may help young students experience musical growth over a relatively short period of time even, perhaps, when formal musical instruction time is limited.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iowa; Minnesota; North Dakota; Wisconsin
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