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Saldana Corral, Claudia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study explores the experiences of primarily Latina/o children with learning music in a Music and Arts-Based Program (MABP) the context of a low-income neighborhood on the U.S- Mexico border. This year-long ethnographic study was conducted in an after-school art program in the Rio Grande Elementary School, in a low-income neighborhood located…
Descriptors: Art Education, After School Programs, Music Education, Hispanic American Students
Alexandra D. Zimny – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate how first-year college students describe their experiences with stress and coping. This study sought to understand what coping mechanisms first-year college students use when they experience stress. Prior to this dissertation, it was not known how first-year college students describe…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Stress Variables, Coping, Student Attitudes
Deppe, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This exploratory phenomenological study was designed to investigate the relationships between mathematics and music skills of students participating in successful high school instrumental music programs. The participants of this study were purposefully selected and included one math educator or math department chairperson and the band or orchestra…
Descriptors: High School Students, Phenomenology, Music Education, Musical Instruments
Marston, Karen Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate and document the pedagogical techniques practiced by Jan Kagarice, Adjunct Professor of Trombone at the University of North Texas. Given that the study of master teachers has been identified as a valid method for defining effective teaching (Duke & Simmons, 2006), the intended outcome was to…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Musical Instruments, College Faculty
Fowler, Marilyn; Meyers, Margaret E.; Morris, Pam Bell; Gonzales, Peggy Freedson; Uphaus, Anita – 1999
Following adoption of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in 1998, new prekindergarten curriculum guidelines were developed. These voluntary guidelines articulate what 3- and 4-year-olds should know and be able to do and provide a means to align prekindergarten programs with the TEKS curriculum. The guidelines are intended to assist…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Preschool Children
Young, William T. – 1971
The overall purpose of this study was the investigation of the singing abilities of kindergarten and first grade children. Information was sought concerning the following: (1) the maximum singing range of preschool children compared to that of first grade children, (2) the range within which accurate singing could be expected from the majority of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection