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Young Listeners' Music Style Preferences: Patterns Related to Cultural Identification and Language Use
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Brittin, Ruth V. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
Listeners ("N" = 543) in grades 4, 5, and 6 rated their preference for 10 instrumental and vocal selections from various styles, including four popular music selections with versions performed in English, Spanish, or an Asian language. Participants estimated their identification with Spanish/Hispanic/Latino and Asian cultures, the number…
Descriptors: Listening, Elementary School Students, Preferences, Student Attitudes
Summer Camp to Engage Students in Nutritional Chemistry Using Popular Culture and Hands-On Activities
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Skluzacek, Joanna M.; Harper, Joshua; Herron, Emily; Bortiatynski, Jacqueline M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
Action Potential Science Experience (APSE) is a five-day summer camp offering science opportunities for K-8 students. The focus of the APSE curriculum is to teach science concepts and methods while challenging the participants to solve an overarching problem from the popular-culture context. The participants in the APSE entitled Burger 'N Fries…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Chemistry, Boards of Education, Nutrition
Music Listening Preferences of Macau Students
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Hui, Wanfong Viny – Music Education Research, 2009
This is a pioneer study of Macau's music education focusing on music listening preference. Adopting models from Western cultures, the study, launched in 2006, aimed to explore the factors of age and gender in regard to music preference. The subjects ranged from fourth-graders to university students (N=2495) (15 missing). Participants rated their…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries
Teaching New Literacies in Grades 4-6: Resources for 21st-Century Classrooms
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Moss, Barbara, Ed.; Lapp, Diane, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2009
Upper-elementary students encounter a sometimes dizzying array of traditional and nontraditional texts both in and outside of the classroom. This practical handbook helps teachers in grades 4-6 harness the instructional potential of fiction, poetry, and plays; informational texts; graphic novels; digital storytelling; Web-based and multimodal…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Cartoons
"Sounds Good to Me": Canadian Children's Perceptions of Popular Music
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Bosacki, Sandra; Francis-Murray, Nancy; Pollon, Dawn E.; Elliott, Anne – Music Education Research, 2006
This cross-sectional study explored the role of age and socioeconomic status (SES) in relation to children's popular musical preferences. As part of a larger, multi-method, longitudinal study on children's and adolescents self-views and media preference, the present study investigated the popular music section of a self-report questionnaire. Data…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Low Income Groups, Grade 1
"Iitaohkanao'pi--The Meeting Place Project": An Alternative Approach to Young People's Concerts
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Wasiak, Edwin B. – International Journal of Music Education, 2005
This study explored alternative approaches to young people's concerts aimed at extending musical appreciations and cultural understandings while promoting interest in concert attendance among upper elementary students. The project, an artistic and cross-cultural collaboration grounded in a spirit of mutual respect, consisted of three components:…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Student Attitudes, Action Research