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Goh, Kimberley; Walker, Rebecca – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Providing effective feedback to students is a significant issue for Australian educators. The ability to provide effective feedback comprises one of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and is seen as being a key element of quality teaching. Much research has been conducted into what constitutes effective feedback. Yet in spite of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reflection, Music, Music Education
Henninger, Jacqueline – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2018
As the demographics of our nation continue to evolve, music educators have a responsibility to embrace the opportunities they have to increase their students' levels of awareness and acceptance of others who may represent different ethnic groups. The following research-to-resource article will provide background information and recommendations for…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Cultural Awareness, Concept Formation
Springer, D. Gregory; Schlegel, Amanda L.; Nápoles, Jessica – International Journal of Music Education, 2018
Applause, an overt expression of approval from audience to performer, is one of the most common forms of audience response to live musical performances. In this study, we examined the effects of applause magnitude (high, low, or no applause) and musical style (motet or spiritual) on listeners' ratings of choral performances. A secondary area of…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Listening, Music Appreciation, Music Activities
Getino, Julia; González-Martín, Cristina; Valls, Assumpta – Music Educators Journal, 2018
This article describes a project in which contemporary music is studied and created in primary-school classrooms in the presence of a composer. Listening to and analyzing a composer's works fosters musical creation processes in students, who subsequently present and discuss their works in a meeting with the composer. Finally, the students' works…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Music Appreciation, Musical Composition
Wong, Patrick C. M.; Ou, Jinghua; Pang, Celestina W. Y.; Zhang, Ling; Tse, Chi Shing; Lam, Linda C. W.; Antoniou, Mark – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We report a preliminary study that prospectively tests the potential cognitive enhancing effect of foreign language (FL) learning in older adults with no clear signs of cognitive decline beyond what is age typical. Because language learning engages a large brain network that overlaps with the network of cognitive aging, we hypothesized…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Older Adults, Cognitive Development, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Koops, Lisa Huisman; Kuebel, Christa R. – Contributions to Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the role of enjoyment during group musical activities in the preschool classroom. Data collection included observations using a researcher-created tool and fieldnotes to determine how preschool students demonstrated enjoyment during group activities. Interviews with three preschool…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Preschool Curriculum, Music Education, Music Activities
Jing, Wang – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
"Emotion" is a key to exploring the relationship between contemporary popular music and youths. In reality, youths exercise the identity construction centering on self-identity by the unconscious use of ritualization towards popular music (cultures). The article analyzes the conversion in identity construction of youths in the course of…
Descriptors: Music, Music Appreciation, Foreign Countries, Youth
Strand, Katherine; Brenner, Brenda – Music Educators Journal, 2017
Research conducted on the development of expressive performance capabilities suggests that children can learn to demonstrate expressiveness in their music-making. Expressivity includes musical interpretation, performance technique, and musical and personal creativity. This article examines creativity as an important component of musical…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Education, Performance, Music Appreciation
Pelayo, Jose Maria G., III – Online Submission, 2018
Music has been in its formal existence for so many years now and it has also been utilized to enhance, relax and help man's meditation. This study focused on how music can or may influence an individual. The researchers investigated and described the influence of Howard Gardner's theory on Multiple Intelligence (specifically, musical…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Multiple Intelligences, Student Characteristics
Smiraglia, Christina; Asaah, Gordon Divine; Lacerda, Hanako Sawada – Research and Issues in Music Education, 2018
Although many programs aim to develop students' listening skills and promote the appreciation of Western classical music, relatively few such programs incorporate visual art. This study examined the perceived effectiveness of the Edinburgh International Festival's (EIF) "Art of Listening" program in reaching its stated goals to: develop…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Visual Arts, Music Appreciation, Foreign Countries
Costes-Onishi, Pamela; Caleon, Imelda S. – Music Education Research, 2018
This study focused on the development and psychometric evaluation of the 16-item Critical Musicality Scale (CMS). The participants in the study comprised (N = 118) secondary students (mostly 13 to 14 years old) from Singapore. Four factors of critical musicality were hypothesised and empirically tested. The full sample was used to conduct an…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Psychometrics, Secondary School Students, Early Adolescents
Keray Dinçel, Betül – Online Submission, 2017
Children's songs inspire the love of music in children and improve their musical skills and at the same time, teach national values and societal rules, contribute to their personality development, make children feel happier, foster interpersonal communication and particularly contribute to the cognitive and linguistic development of children at…
Descriptors: Values, Singing, Values Education, Competition
Adams, Mark C. – Music Educators Journal, 2016
To better serve students' evolving needs in music, music educators must connect classroom learning with how students use and interact with music in their daily lives. One way to accomplish this is by approaching classrooms with the music user in mind, which can open new possibilities for meaningful music making and remove students from the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Appreciation, Audience Analysis, Audience Awareness
Williams, Matthew – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2017
Reviews of literature on music preference may provide music educators with a variety of research on information, techniques, and methods to implement in the music classroom. Calls to widen the types of music used in curricula seem to underscore the importance of research exploring preference using music other than, and in addition to, Western art…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Music, Preferences, Performance Factors
Koops, Lisa Huisman – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2017
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe children's lived experience of enjoyment during musical play. Data sources included class video from 15 weeks of a 24-week extracurricular music class for 4- to 7-year-olds taught by the researcher, parent-filmed video of child participant music-making in home settings during the same…
Descriptors: Music, Phenomenology, Play, Young Children