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Wrape, Elizabeth R.; Dittloff, Alexandra L.; Callahan, Jennifer L. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2016
Previous studies have established that gender stereotypes are associated with children's choice of musical instrument. Though some have suggested that these gender stereotypes may be trending toward change, other studies have indicated that gender stereotypes are long-standing and still very much at issue. This descriptive study of middle school…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Musical Instruments, Sex Stereotypes, Middle School Students
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Schatt, Matthew D. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore high school band students' perspectives of instrumental music practice from within the attribution theory paradigm and to attempt to elucidate the secondary student's attitudes toward practice. High school band students from three Midwestern school districts (N = 218) completed a survey that was used to…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, High School Students, Music Education, Drills (Practice)
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Springer, D. Gregory; Gooding, Lori F. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine preservice music educators' attitudes toward popular music in the music classroom. On a survey instrument designed by the investigators, participants ("N" = 82) rated (a) the effectiveness of popular music in addressing the National Standards for Music Education, (b) the appropriateness of popular…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Music
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Palese, Richard S.; Duke, Robert A. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2022
We asked school- and college-aged instrumentalists (N = 32) to imagine an ideal performance of a brief passage of music, record a performance of the passage, and describe discrepancies they noticed between their imagined and actual performances. The more experienced participants took at least as much time to imagine their idealized performances as…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Music Education, Music Activities, Performance
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Collins, Anita – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2014
Neuroscientists have worked for over two decades to understand how the brain processes music, affects emotions, and changes brain development. Much of this research has been based on a model that compares the brain function of participants classified as musicians and nonmusicians. This body of knowledge reveals a large number of benefits from…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Musicians, Brain