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Rebecca Carter Bellelo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of an online synchronous lesson environment on beginning piano students' musical achievement, time spent in target behaviors across the study period, and attitude toward piano lessons. Beginning piano students (N = 19) between ages 6-9 with no prior private music instruction served as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Music Education, Student Attitudes, Musical Instruments
Kurt, Johnny T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this pretest-posttest comparative efficacy study was to analyze factors affecting literacy achievement of eighth grade middle school instrumental music students (n = 38) including (a) socioeconomic status (SES), (b) gender, (c) grade point average (GPA), (d) music motivation, (e) music involvement, and (f) instrument section. The…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Literacy, Academic Achievement
Heninger, Benjamin Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative study explained relationships among independent variables that included instrumental music participation and achievement on a standardized test by participants in the ninth grade at a western Wisconsin high school. The ACT "Aspire" (2017) test is a vertically articulated, standards-based system of assessments. Subtest…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Academic Achievement
Nelson, Jonathan Leon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 1993, Congress passed the mandate "Goals 2000: Educate America Act," which established standards for K-12 education that outlined the core benchmarks of student achievement for individuals who have mastered the core curricula required to earn a high school diploma (Mark, 1995). Unfortunately, these curricular requirements did not…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change
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
Davenport, Kevin O. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined whether or not students that participated in a school sponsored instrumental music program had higher academic achievement and attendance than students that did not participate in a school sponsor instrumental music program. Units of measurement included standardized test scores and attendance, without taking into consideration…
Descriptors: High Schools, Music Education, Middle Schools, Standardized Tests