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Shouldice, Heather Nelson – Research Studies in Music Education, 2014
The purpose of this research was to investigate teachers' beliefs about compositional experiences in the elementary music classroom. Elementary music teachers (N = 176) in Michigan completed a researcher-designed questionnaire, which included a combination of forced-choice and open-ended questions regarding how teachers define composition, why…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Music, Music Education, Musical Composition
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Hartz, Barry; Bauer, William – Contributions to Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the effect of ear playing instruction on adult amateur wind instrumentalists' musical self-efficacy. Ten volunteer members of a community band in a small town in Ohio completed the "Ear Playing Profile" both prior to and following an eight-week period of instruction in playing by ear…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Music, Music Education, Auditory Training